id:			130611
accession number:	1953.332
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.332
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:28.468000

Nude Female Dancers from a Tunic, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite); overall: 15.5 x 14 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); mounted: 21.6 x 14 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1953.332

title:				Nude Female Dancers from a Tunic
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique:	Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 15.5 x 14 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 21.6 x 14 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2000-09-12T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 12, 2000-October 25, 2001).

	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': '<em>Gallery 210 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11, 2000-October 21, 2001).', 'opening_date': '2000-09-11T00:00:00'}

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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: ?–1953
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1953–
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