id:			129204
accession number:	1952.102
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.102
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:22.329000

Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic, 600–850. Egypt or Syria(?). Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite); overall: 20.6 x 19 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.9 x 26.7 cm (11 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.102

title:				Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic
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creation date:			600–850
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		850
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt or Syria(?)
technique:	Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 20.6 x 19 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 26.7 cm (11 x 10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2002-10-16T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).

	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).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2016-04-12T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12, 2016-May 22, 2017).

	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

* {'description': 'Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2002-10-16T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	said to have been found in Akhmim, Egypt
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	(Mme. Paul Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 48, fig. 2.5; Mentioned: P. 49
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