The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 16, 2026

An H-shaped wool and linen textile fragment features four long vertical bands extending from a central horizontal section with a U-shaped cutout. Small figures of winged children, animals, and baskets of fruit are woven in yellow and outlined in black against a red ground. These motifs fill decorative borders tracing the inner and outer edges. The textile is worn, with frayed edges and a prominent horizontal tear across its midsection.

Fragment from a Child's Tunic: Neck Opening

600s–700s

Egypt, Umayyad period ?

(661–750)

Wool and linen: tabby weave, inwoven tapestry ornament

Overall: 67.5 x 34 cm (26 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.152.a

Location: Not on view

Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.152.a