The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Fragment, Probably a Scarf

300s–400s CE

Egypt, Byzantine period

tabby ground with inwoven tapestry ornament; linen, wool, and gold foil around gummed silk
Overall: 11.5 x 21.9 cm (4 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.79
Location: Not on view
  • Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
  • Thomas, Thelma K., Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams. Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. 2016. 81
    Thomas, Thelma K. "Making Textiles and Assessing Their Value." In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Reproduced: P. 81, fig. 1-4.1
  • Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
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