Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic
late 400s - 500s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic, late 400s - 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, late 5th - 6th century. Plain weave with slit-tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; dyed wool, undyed linen; overall: 14.3 x 35.6 cm (5 5/8 x 14 in.); mounted: 22.9 x 43.2 cm (9 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt 1926.148
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave with slit-tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; dyed wool, undyed linen
- Medium
- plain, weave, slit-tapestry, supplementary, weft, wrapping, dyed, wool, undyed, linen
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14.3 x 35.6 cm (5 5/8 x 14 in.); Mounted: 22.9 x 43.2 cm (9 x 17 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1926.148
- Credit Line
- Gift of George D. Pratt
- Exhibitions
- Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Beyond the Pharoahs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries, A.D. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 10-April 16, 1989); Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (May 17-July 15, 1989).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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