Two Figures Framed by a Jeweled Border
450–550
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Two Figures Framed by a Jeweled Border, 450–550. Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th-6th century. Dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping and plain
weave headings ; overall: 24.1 x 28.6 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.); mounted: 33 x 37.5 cm (13 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1979.58
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping and plain weave headings
- Medium
- dyed, wool, undyed, linen, slit-tapestry, weave, supplementary, weft, wrapping, plain, headings
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.1 x 28.6 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.); Mounted: 33 x 37.5 cm (13 x 14 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1979.58
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1979, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity, Coptic Textile Rotation,
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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