Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?)
800s-900s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?), 800s-900s. Byzantium, Islamic or Byzantine periods, 9th -10th Century. Complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk; overall: 8.5 x 24.1 cm (3 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); mounted: 15.2 x 30.5 cm (6 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.17
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk
- Medium
- complementary, weft-faced, plain, weave, inner, warps, samit, silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.5 x 24.1 cm (3 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Mounted: 15.2 x 30.5 cm (6 x 12 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1977.17
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1977, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11, 2000-October 21, 2001).<br>Gallery 105 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 20, 2010-June 13, 2011).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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