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Ornamental Square from a Tunic
400s CE
Overall: 21 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 27.6 cm (11 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic
Description
Riders dressed in hunting clothes and boots hurl rocks at fleeing lions. The man wears a short tunic and the woman has a fluttering skirt. The border consists of curved acanthus leaves that enclose a chase of alternating lions and hares. This square was sewn onto a tunic rather than woven in. Hunting was a popular artistic theme in pre-Islamic traditions, including Byzantine art, and was then adopted into Islamic art.- ?–1916Mrs. Chauncey J. [Mary A. I. Mitchell] Blair [1856–1940], Chicago, IL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1916–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Meyer-Reifstahl, Rudolf A.. First National Silk Convention: [Exhibition] City Hall, Paterson, N.J., October 12th, to 21st., 1915. [Paterson, NJ?]: [Chamber of Commerce?], 1915. no. 3, p. 19The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. Reproduced: p. 65 archive.orgWadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum, 1951. no. 36, pl. III.The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 45 archive.orgFrancovich, Géza de. 1963. "L' Egitto, la Siria e Costantinopoli: problemi di metodo". Rivista Dell'Istituto Nazionale D'Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte / Istituto Nazionale D'Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte . 83-229. 139, fig. 72Thompson, Deborah. 1965. “A Fatimid Textile of Coptic Tradition with Arabic Inscription.” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 4: 145–50. fig. 8, pl. XXXVIIIThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 30 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 30 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 36 archive.orgKajitani, Nobuko. Koputo gire. Kyōto: Kyōto Shoin, 1981. p. 48, pl. 63
- Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12, 2016-May 22, 2017).First National Silk Convention. Paterson City Hall, Paterson, NJ (October 12–21, 1915).Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4, 2011-May 21, 2012).Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 2001-October 15, 2002).2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
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