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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 500s–600s creation date earliest: 500 creation date latest: 699 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867–1951], Paris, France, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1951 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1951– footnotes: citations: --- 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. digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.535/1951.535_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.535/1951.535_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.535/1951.535_full.tif