The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic
600–850
Overall: 20.6 x 19 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 26.7 cm (11 x 10 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.102
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This elaborate pattern was woven on a large, early loom known as a drawloom that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric.Description
Originally, roundels like this were cut and sewn onto the front and back of a tunic, probably linen, in Egypt. They belong to a sizeable group of comparable silk decorations found in Akhmim, Egypt. In each roundel, a stylized palmette tree is enclosed within a simplified lotus border that evolved from an ancient Egyptian lotus motif.- said to have been found in Akhmim, Egypt?–1952(Mme. Paul Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1952–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- 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. 48, fig. 2.5; Mentioned: P. 49
- Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 18, 2021-November 13, 2022).Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12, 2016-May 22, 2017).Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20, 2013-March 17, 2014).Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).
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