id:			124964
accession number:	1946.412
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.412
updated:		2023-12-08 12:33:13.966000

Roundel from a Curtain, AD 300s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th-5th century. 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:			AD 300s
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, 4th-5th century
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
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. 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
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. 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
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. 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
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. 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
	<i>Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity</i>. 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
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. 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
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 21, 2022-November 12, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11, 2000-October 21, 2001); (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).

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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 <em>Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. </em>Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 79, 81, fig. 1-4.3
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IMAGES

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