id: 124774
accession number: 1946.258
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Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground, 1000s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1946.258
title: Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground
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creation date: 1000s
creation date earliest: 1000
creation date latest: 1099
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creditline: Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
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culture: Egypt, Fatimid period
technique: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
opening date: 1991-11-26T05:00:00
Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. 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. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (April 24-June 27, 1947)', 'opening_date': '1947-04-24T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), and Dorothy Eugenia Miner. Early Christian and Byzantine Art, An Exhibition Held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, April 25-June 22 [1947]. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, 1947.
page number: no. 786
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von Wilckens, Leonia. "Fatimidische Gewebe mit gewirktem dekor im Verglei mit spanischen und sizilischen." In Salīm, Muḥammad ʻAbbās Muḥammad. Islamische Textilkunst des Mittelalters: Aktuelle Probleme. Riggisberg [Switzerland]: Abegg-Stiftung, 1997.
page number: p. 157-171
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 116, fig. 3.32; Mentioned: P. 116, 215
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