The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Fragment of a Large Hanging

500s CE

Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period

tapestry weave (with plain tabby borders): wool and linen
Overall: 122.6 x 158.1 cm (48 1/4 x 62 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.201
Location: Not on view
  • (Mrs. Rose Albert Mansour, Washington, D.C.).
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 31 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. 31 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 37 archive.org
  • Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment of a Large Hanging|url=false|author=|year=500s CE|access-date=24 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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