id:			99661
accession number:	1919.24
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.24
updated:		2025-06-07 11:10:35.682000

Ornamental Shoulder Band from a Tunic, 600–650. Egypt, Byzantine period. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 60.3 x 5.7 cm (23 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.); mounted: 67.3 x 16.5 cm (26 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1919.24

title:				Ornamental Shoulder Band from a Tunic
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creation date:			600–650
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		650
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Byzantine period
technique:	tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 60.3 x 5.7 cm (23 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Mounted: 67.3 x 16.5 cm (26 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2011-04-04T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4, 2011-May 21, 2012).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2023-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 13, 2023-November 10, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. R. Meyer Riefstahl [1880–1936], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1919
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1919–
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CITATIONS

	"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 6, no. 2 (1919): 37-38.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 37
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136263

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.24/1919.24_full.tif