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Source Description
Six different designs of leaves and interlacing lines are organized harmoniously here within circles, triangles, and squares. Originally part of a garment, interlacing knot designs were thought to symbolically protect the wearer from harm.
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Document identity
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99630
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Ornament from a Garment
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99630
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object
title
Ornament from a Garment
description
Six different designs of leaves and interlacing lines are organized harmoniously here within circles, triangles, and squares. Originally part of a garment, interlacing knot designs were thought to symbolically protect the wearer from harm.
date
400s–600s CE
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q79488084
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.)
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Egypt, Byzantine period
accession
1919.21
Source extras
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Linen, undyed; wool, dyed; tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
tombstone
Ornament from a Garment, 400s–600s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Linen, undyed; wool, dyed; tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.); mounted: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1919.21
collection
T - Coptic
didYouKnow
The purple color was achieved using red dye made of madder and blue from the indigo plant.
citations
citation
"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38.
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Mentioned: p. 37
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 05:22:48.197000
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99630
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Linen, undyed; wool, dyed; tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
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