id: 99630 accession number: 1919.21 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.21 updated: 2022-05-17 09:00:08.517000 Ornament with Symbolic Interlacing Knots, 400s - 600s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th - 7th period. Tapestry weave with supplementary weftwrapping; undyed linen, dyed wool; overall: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.); mounted: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.21 title: Ornament with Symbolic Interlacing Knots title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 400s - 600s creation date earliest: 400 creation date latest: 699 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th - 7th period technique: tapestry weave with supplementary weftwrapping; undyed linen, dyed wool department: Textiles collection: T - Coptic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation opening date: 2004-10-29T04:00:00 Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005). title: Coptic Textile Rotation opening date: 2017-05-23T04:00:00 Coptic Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 23, 2017-May 14, 2018). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Dr. R. Meyer Riefstahl, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Six different designs of leaves and interlacings are organized harmoniously here within circles, triangles, and squares. This ornament from a tunic offered the wearer protection from harm, symbolized by the sizeable interlacing knot. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38. page number: Mentioned: p. 37 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136263 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.21/1919.21_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.21/1919.21_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.21/1919.21_full.tif