The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Fragment of a Band

1000s–1100s

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, 11th-12th century

Warp face pick up twill; silk and metal thread

Overall: 7.7 x 5.1 cm (3 1/16 x 2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.46

Location

not on view

Provenance
H.A. Elsberg Collection.
Citations
Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 9 (1939): 143-46. Accessed April 6, 2021. p. 143 www.jstor.org.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org
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. 10, plate 20
Weibel Adèle Coulin, and Detroit Institute of Arts. Two Thousand Years of Textiles: The Figured Textiles of Europe and the near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts by Pantheon Books. 1952. p. 125 Pl. 157
Württembergisches Landesmuseum, and Reiner Haussherr. Die Zeit der Staufer: Geschichte, Kunst, Kultur : Katalog der Ausstellung [Stuttgart, Altes Schloss und Kunstgebäude, 26. März-5. Juni 1977]. Stuttgart: Württembergisches Landesmuseum, 1977. vol. 1, p. 626
Collingwood, Peter. The Techniques of Tablet Weaving. London: Faber and Faber, 1982. p. 346-349; pl 205
Dzērvītis, Aleksandra, and Lilija Treimanis. Latviešu jostas. Toronto, Ont., Canada: Toronto Daugavas Vanadzes, 1982.
Haugen, Anny, and Kate Holmsen Sevåg. Samisk husflid i Finnmark: [drakt, belter og bånd, flettinger, votter, greneveving]. [Oslo]: Landbruksforl, 1987.
Tamošaitis, Anastasia, and Antanas Tamošaitis. Lithuanian Sashes. Toronto, Ont., Canada: Lithuanian Folk Art Institute, 1988.
Svakko, Edit. Sjnjissjkot ja låhtåt: samiska band från Arvidsjaur, Arjeplog och Malå. [Jokkmokk]: Sameslöjdstiftelsen S/ami Duodji, 2000.
Blocher, Heidi. Die Mitren des hohen Mittelalters. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2012. p. 57-73
Wallin, Barbro, and Monica Eriksson. Moraband. Mora: Zornmuseet, 2012.
Freienthal, Merike, and Veinika Västrik. Lapilised vööd. [Türi]: Saara Kirjastus, 2012.
Karlsone, Anete. Rakstainās jostas: kopīgais kultūrslānis = Patterned sashes : the common cultural layer. 2014.
Schorta, Regula. "The so-called 'Palermo bands' and their technique. in Frances Pritchard editor, Crafting Textiles: Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century. 2021. p. 53-69
Schorta, Regula. "The so-called 'Palermo bands' and their technique." In Crafting Textiles: Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century. ed. Frances Pritchard, 2021. p. 53-69
Exhibition history

The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

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

35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.46