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Source Description
Heads with caps facing front alternate with palmette (fan-shaped) leaves on a rich blue ground—a popular border design for luxurious woolen hangings whose field patterns often incorporated Iranian artistic features. An alternating red and white foliate (leaflike) design forms the secondary border.
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Document identity
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136406
label
Border of Heads and Palmettes from a Large Hanging
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136406
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object
title
Border of Heads and Palmettes from a Large Hanging
description
Heads with caps facing front alternate with palmette (fan-shaped) leaves on a rich blue ground—a popular border design for luxurious woolen hangings whose field patterns often incorporated Iranian artistic features. An alternating red and white foliate (leaflike) design forms the secondary border.
date
500s CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60820008
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 76.2 x 26 cm (30 x 10 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.2 x 34.3 cm (35 1/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
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Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period
accession
1960.273
Source extras
tec
Dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave
tombstone
Border of Heads and Palmettes from a Large Hanging
, 500s CE. Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period. Dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave; overall: 76.2 x 26 cm (30 x 10 1/4 in.); mounted: 89.2 x 34.3 cm (35 1/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1960.273
collection
T - Coptic
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 31
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 31
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 37
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
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p. 10-11
creditline
Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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2026-05-29 06:57:42.801000
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136406
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave
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