Fragment with Gold Foil, from a Furnishing Fabric

300s-400s

Maker Unknown

Textiles

Fragment with Gold Foil, from a Furnishing Fabric, 300s-400s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th-5th century. Undyed linen, dyed wool, and gold foil; plain weave with supplementary weft-loops, slit-tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 40.8 x 48.4 cm (16 1/16 x 19 1/16 in.); mounted: 47.9 x 53.3 x 7 cm (18 7/8 x 21 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.140.a

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Textile
Formatted Medium: undyed linen, dyed wool, and gold foil; plain weave with supplementary weft-loops, slit-tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
Medium: undyed, linen, dyed, wool, gold, foil, plain, weave, supplementary, weft-loops, slit-tapestry, weft, wrapping
Dimensions: Overall: 40.8 x 48.4 cm (16 1/16 x 19 1/16 in.); Mounted: 47.9 x 53.3 x 7 cm (18 7/8 x 21 x 2 3/4 in.)
Departments: Textiles
Accession Number: 1983.140.a
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Coptic Textile Rotation, Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity,
Rights Statement: CC0