Silk Decorative Tunic Band with a Hunter
700s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Silk Decorative Tunic Band with a Hunter, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit); overall: 27.3 x 6.7 cm (10 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.); mounted: 34.9 x 14.3 cm (13 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.505
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
- Medium
- silk, complementary, weft-faced, twill, inner, warps, samit
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27.3 x 6.7 cm (10 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.); Mounted: 34.9 x 14.3 cm (13 3/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1939.505
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 2000 Years of Silk Weaving, The Indigo Tradition in Textiles, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, <em>Masterpieces of the Weavers' Art</em>. Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, MI (October 7-November 3, 1957)., <em>Blue Traditions: Indigo Dyed Textiles and Related Glazed Ceramics from the 17th through the 19th Century</em>. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (December 4-January 20, 1974).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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