Round Segmentum from a Tunic

300s - 400s

Maker Unknown

Textiles

Round Segmentum from a Tunic, 300s - 400s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th - 5th century. Tapestry (probably inwoven in tabby ground); wool, linen, and gold foil around silk core; overall: 4.5 x 4.7 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.106

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Textile
Formatted Medium: tapestry (probably inwoven in tabby ground); wool, linen, and gold foil around silk core
Medium: tapestry, probably, inwoven, tabby, ground, wool, linen, gold, foil, around, silk, core
Dimensions: Overall: 4.5 x 4.7 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Departments: Textiles
Accession Number: 1982.106
Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Exhibitions: The Year in Review for 1982
Rights Statement: CC0