id: 125866 accession number: 1948.115 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.115 updated: 2025-02-21 12:04:18.622000 Fragment of a Clavus, late 700s–early 800s. Egypt, Abbasid period. Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen; overall: 10 x 8.2 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.115 title: Fragment of a Clavus title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 700s–early 800s creation date earliest: 775 creation date latest: 825 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Abbasid period technique: embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen department: Textiles collection: Textiles type: Embroidery find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 10 x 8.2 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Juxtapositions opening date: 1965-09-11T04:00:00 Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). title: Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique opening date: 1977-10-05T04:00:00 Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Orthodox Religious Art Objects. Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, MI (April-May, 1960).', 'opening_date': '1960-04-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Romans and Barbarians. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (December 16, 1976-February 27, 1977), no. 263, listed p. 217, reproduction p. 218.', 'opening_date': '1976-12-16T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS id: 125864 Fragment of a Clavus, late 700s - early 800s. Egypt, Abbasid period. Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen; overall: 10.2 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.113 relationship: id: 125865 Fragment of a Clavus, late 700s - early 800s. Egypt, Abbasid period. Embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen; overall: 10.2 x 7.4 cm (4 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.114 relationship: --- CITATIONS Shepherd, Dorothy. "Late Coptic Embroideries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 3 (March 1950): 46-48. page number: Mentioned: p. 46 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141619 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 70 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n27 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 32 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n56 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 32 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n54 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 41 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n61 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.115/1948.115_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.115/1948.115_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.115/1948.115_full.tif