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Roundel with seated prince

1000s

Egypt, Fatimid period

plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
Overall: 16.5 x 17.2 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.541
Location: Not on view

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Within a simple roundel frame a crowned figure is seated holding two objects in his upraised hands.
  • ?–1950
    (Dr. Emil Delmar [1876–1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1950–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Wiet, Gaston. L'Exposition persane de 1931. Le Caire: Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1933. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 67, no. XII, pl. XXV
    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, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951. p. 28, cat. no. 48
    Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Two Fatimid Tapestry Roundels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 8 (October 1952): 215–217. Mentioned and Reproduced www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 690 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 213 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 213 archive.org
    Schapiro, Meyer. "The Miniatures of the Florence Diatessaron (Laurentian Ms Or. 81): Their Place in Late Medieval Art and Supposed Connection with Early Christian and Insular Art." The Art Bulletin 55, no. 4 (1973): 494–531. p. 519, fig. 21
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 270 archive.org
    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. 3.33; 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).
    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).
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