The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 27, 2025

Fragment (from a Tunic?)

500s

Egypt, Byzantine period

compound tabby; wool
Overall: 16.5 x 38.1 cm (6 1/2 x 15 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.476
Location: 116 Islamic
  • (Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).
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    . pp. 327–329 doi.org
    Wetter, Evelin, Kathryn Starkey, and Laurent Auberson. Animals in Text and Textile: Storytelling in the Medieval World. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2019. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 77, fig. 38, p. 78
  • Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 24, 2025-May 10, 2026).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment (from a Tunic?)|url=false|author=|year=500s|access-date=27 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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