id:			120470
accession number:	1941.293
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.293
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:45.545000

Roundel, Segmentum from a Tunic, mid 600s - mid 700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750). Tapestry; linen and wool; overall: 7.7 x 7.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1941.293

title:				Roundel, Segmentum from a Tunic
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creation date:			mid 600s - mid 700s
creation date earliest:		650
creation date latest:		750
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750)
technique:	tapestry; linen and wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 7.7 x 7.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Symposium on Falconry
	opening date:   1976-12-10T05:00:00
	<i>Symposium on Falconry</i>. Presidential Court Palace, Sheikh Zayed al-Nihayan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (organizer) (December 10-18, 1976).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Early Christian and Byzantine Art: an Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art (April 25-June 22, 1947) Organized by the Walters Art Gallery, (Baltimore, 1947), 764.', 'opening_date': '1947-04-25T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Faclonry [in art], in conjunction with International Symposium on Falconry, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (December 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-12-01T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.
	page number: 	p. 25-26
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 46
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n23

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 31
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n55

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 31
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n53

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 40
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n60

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