The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Neck Ornament of a Tunic

400s CE

Egypt, Byzantine period

Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
Overall: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.); Mounted: 26.7 x 37.1 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.81
Location: Not on view

Description

This was the front or back ornament of a unisex tunic neck opening made in linen. The border at the neck displays an interlacing vine scroll inscribing alternating male and female busts. Below it are two of the original three arches and one of the supporting columns with a stylized capital. The male figure on the left wears a short garment (chiton) draped over one shoulder and has a shield. He is accompanied by a figure on the right.
  • Mme Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France
    ?–1982
    (Goumaronart, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1982–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 13, 2023-November 10, 2024).
    Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4, 2011-May 21, 2012).
    Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 2001-October 15, 2002).
    The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
  • {{cite web|title=Neck Ornament of a Tunic|url=false|author=|year=400s CE|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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