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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CREATORS
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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
Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. 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
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. 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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