Square Ornament from a Tunic
700s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Square Ornament from a Tunic, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite); overall: 23.5 x 24.2 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.); mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.192 Seen as a prized decoration, designs like this were often cut out of older textiles and stitched onto unisex linen tunics.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
- Medium
- silk, complementary, weft-faced, twill, weave, inner, warps, samite
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.5 x 24.2 cm (9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.); Mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1947.192
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Twain Shall Meet, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Coptic Textile Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106, <em>Masterpieces of the Weaver's Art</em>. Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, MI (October 7-November 4, 1957).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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