id:			127982
accession number:	1950.615
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.615
updated:		2023-12-08 21:48:41.319000

Fragment, Part of an Ornament from a Garment, 400s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th century. Tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool; overall: 47.6 x 6.2 cm (18 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.); mounted: 53.3 x 12.1 cm (21 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.615

title:				Fragment, Part of an Ornament from a Garment
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creation date:			400s
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		499
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th century
technique:	tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 47.6 x 6.2 cm (18 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.); Mounted: 53.3 x 12.1 cm (21 x 4 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2003-10-27T05:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2003-October 25, 2004).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2013-05-07T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 20, 2013-March 17, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Beyond the Pharoahs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries A.D. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (February 10-April 16, 1989); Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (May 17-July 15, 1989).

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York).
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CITATIONS

	Friedman, Florence D. Beyond the Pharaohs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries A.D. Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1989.
	page number: 	p. 152, cat. no. 62
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