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: 26.1 x 25.2 cm (10 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.140.b
- 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: 26.1 x 25.2 cm (10 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1983.140.b
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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