The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Fragmentary Roundel, Segmentum from a Tunic

late 700s–early 800s

Syria, Akhmim, late 8th - early 9th centuries

Compound twill, silk

Overall: 13.3 x 12.4 cm (5 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.); Mounted: 21.6 x 19.7 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)

Gift of Heeramaneck Galleries 1951.87

Location

not on view

Provenance
?–1951
Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1951–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Katzenberg, Dena S. Blue Traditions; Indigo Dyed Textiles and Related Cobalt Glazed Ceramics from the 17th Through the 19th Century. [Baltimore]: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1973. Mentioned: cat. no. 5, p. 119; Reproduced: cat. no. 5, p. 49
Exhibition history

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

The Indigo Tradition in Textiles. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (organizer) (December 2, 1973-January 20, 1974).

Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12, 2016-May 22, 2017).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.87