The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 29, 2022

Striped fragment

1300s

Egypt or Syria, Mamluk period, 1300s

Tabby and fancy weave; silk and gold

Overall: 23.2 x 18.5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.1004

Location

not on view

Citations
Weibel, Adele C., 2000 Years of Silk Weaving (New York, 1944) cat. 29, p. 4.
Indictor, N., R.J. Koestler, M. Wypyski and A.E. Wardwell, "Metal Threads Made of Proteinaceous Substrates Examined by Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry," Studies in Conservation 34 no.4 (November 1989) 171 - 182.
Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1944. p. 4, cat. no. 29
Indictor, N., R. J. Koestler, M. Wypyski, and A. E. Wardwell. "Metal Threads Made of Proteinaceous Substrates Examined by Scanning Electron Microscopy: Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry." Studies in Conservation 34, no. 4 (1989). p. 171-82
Exhibition history

2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.1004