The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 29, 2023

Fragment of a Clavus

late 700s - early 800s

Egypt, Abbasid period

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

Provenance
(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
Exhibition history

Michigan State University Museum, Orthodox Religious Art Objects (April-May, 1960).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1948.112