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Collection Online as of December 7, 2024

Fragment of a Clavus

Fragment of a Clavus

late 700s - early 800s
embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen
Overall: 8.5 x 6.6 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.112
Location: not on view
  • (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
  • Shepherd, Dorothy. "Late Coptic Embroideries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 3 (March 1950): 46-48. Mentioned: p. 46 www.jstor.org
  • Michigan State University Museum, Orthodox Religious Art Objects (April-May, 1960).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Clavus|url=false|author=|year=late 700s - early 800s|access-date=07 December 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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