id:			129824
accession number:	1952.255
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.255
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:25.224000

Roundel with figure, 1000s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk; overall: 13.1 x 12.8 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.255

title:				Roundel with figure
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creation date:			1000s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1099
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Fatimid period
technique:	plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen and silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 13.1 x 12.8 cm (5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Symposium on Falconry
	opening date:   1976-12-10T05:00:00
	<i>Symposium on Falconry</i>. Presidential Court Palace, Sheikh Zayed al-Nihayan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (organizer) (December 10-18, 1976).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Dikran Kelekian, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 692
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n127

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 214
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n238

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 214
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n238

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 270
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n290

	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. 116, fig. 3.34; Mentioned: P. 116
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	Akin, Esra. <em>Muthanna / History, Theory, and Aesthetics</em>. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 289, fig. C.3
	url:		

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