The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 25, 2022

Fragment, an Ornamental Band

500s

Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century

Tapestry (originally inwoven in tabby ground); linen and wool

Overall: 14.3 x 51.4 cm (5 5/8 x 20 1/4 in.); Mounted: 21.6 x 58.4 cm (8 1/2 x 23 in.)

Gift of George D. Pratt 1929.98

Location

not on view

Citations
Thomas, Thelma K., Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams. Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. 2016. 27
Wadsworth 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, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p.18-19
Thomas, Thelma K. "Material Meaning in Late Antiquity." In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. P. 27, fig. 1-1.6
Exhibition history

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).

Science within Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-April 20, 1980).

Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).

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