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The Piping Maenad

500s

Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century

Tabby ground with looped-knot pile, linen and wool

Overall: 83.5 x 62.5 cm (32 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.)

Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1968.74

Location

not on view

Provenance

(H. Humbel, ARETE Galerie).

Citations

Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Saints and a 'Sinner' on Two Coptic Textiles." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 10 (1974). p. 331-38; repro p. 334 www.jstor.org

Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984. p. 9-10

Maguire, Eunice Dauterman, Henry Maguire, and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers. Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House. Urbana: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989. p. 220, fig. 51

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 20-May 21, 1972).

Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989).

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