id:			125866
accession number:	1948.115
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.115
updated:		2025-09-13 18:37:24.776000

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
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creation date:			late 700s–early 800s
creation date earliest:		775
creation date latest:		825
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Abbasid period
technique:	embroidery on tabby weave: silk and linen
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 10 x 8.2 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique
	opening date:   1977-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977).

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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'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul Mallon, New York).
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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: 	

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CITATIONS

	Shepherd, Dorothy. "Late Coptic Embroideries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 3 (March 1950): 46-48.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 46
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141619

	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. 70
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n27

	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. 32
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n56

	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. 32
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n54

	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. 41
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n61

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IMAGES

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