id: 129206
accession number: 1952.104
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.104
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Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic, 600s-800s. Egypt or Syria(?). Samite: silk; overall: 22.2 x 23.5 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.104
title: Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic
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creation date: 600s-800s
creation date earliest: 600
creation date latest: 899
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Egypt or Syria(?)
technique: samite: silk
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 22.2 x 23.5 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
opening date: 2016-04-12T04:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12, 2016-May 22, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
found in Akhmim, Egypt
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(Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, 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
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 23
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 49, fig. 2.7; Mentioned: P. 46, 49
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