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Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground

Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground

1000s
plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
Overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1946.258
Location: not on view
  • Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), and Dorothy Eugenia Miner. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 22 [1947]. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1947. no. 786
    von Wilckens, Leonia. "Fatimidische Gewebe mit gewirktem dekor im Verglei mit spanischen und sizilischen." In Salīm, Muḥammad ʻAbbās Muḥammad. Islamische Textilkunst des Mittelalters: Aktuelle Probleme. Riggisberg [Switzerland]: Abegg-Stiftung, 1997. p. 157-171
    Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 116, fig. 3.32; Mentioned: P. 116, 215
  • Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).
    Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (April 24-June 27, 1947)
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