id: 124964
accession number: 1946.412
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.412
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Roundel from a Curtain, 300s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Plain weave ground with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 45.2 x 47.7 cm (17 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.); mounted: 64.1 x 64.1 x 2.5 cm (25 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Henry Hunt Clark 1946.412
title: Roundel from a Curtain
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creation date: 300s CE
creation date earliest: 300
creation date latest: 399
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creditline: Gift of Henry Hunt Clark
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culture: Egypt, Byzantine period
technique: plain weave ground with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
department: Textiles
collection: T - Coptic
type: Textile
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measurements: Overall: 45.2 x 47.7 cm (17 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.); Mounted: 64.1 x 64.1 x 2.5 cm (25 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
opening date: 2000-09-12T04:00:00
Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 12, 2000-October 25, 2001).
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: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
opening date: 2011-04-04T04:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4, 2011-May 21, 2012).
title: Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity
opening date: 2016-02-25T00:00:00
Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
opening date: 2017-05-23T04:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 23, 2017-May 14, 2018).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
opening date: 2022-11-12T05:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 21, 2022-November 12, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11, 2000-October 21, 2001); (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2000-09-11T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: p. 21, 31, 116
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Thomas, Thelma K. "Making Textiles and Assessing Their Value." In Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: P. 79, 81, fig. 1-4.3
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.412/1946.412_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.412/1946.412_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.412/1946.412_full.tif