id:			128944
accession number:	1951.535
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.535
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:21.998000

Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain, 500s–600s. Egypt or Syria, Byzantine or Islamic periods, 6th-7th Century. Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite); overall: 31.1 x 14 cm (12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); mounted: 36.2 x 20.3 cm (14 1/4 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.535

title:				Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain
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creation date:			500s–600s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		699
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt or Syria, Byzantine or Islamic periods, 6th-7th Century
technique:	Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 31.1 x 14 cm (12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 36.2 x 20.3 cm (14 1/4 x 8 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:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2021-11-18T05:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 18, 2021-November 13, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951],  Paris, France, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1951
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1951–
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fun fact:
These elaborate patterns were woven on large, early looms known as drawlooms that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric, often in mirror-image symmetry.

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wall description:
The symmetrical pattern displays back-to-back green parrots with branches in their beaks and two speckled birds perched on the leaves of a long-stemmed palmette.
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IMAGES

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