id:			133719
accession number:	1956.330
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.330
updated:		2025-03-06 12:16:03.948000

Decorated ends of a shawl, 770–887 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability). Egypt, Fayyum, Tulunid or Ikshīdid period. Wool, linen, and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave; overall: 41.9 x 68.6 cm (16 1/2 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club, 1956.330

title:				Decorated ends of a shawl
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creation date:			770–887 (radiocarbon date, 95.4% probability)
creation date earliest:		770
creation date latest:		887
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creditline:			Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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culture:	Egypt, Fayyum, Tulunid or Ikshīdid period
technique:	Wool, linen, and silk: plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 41.9 x 68.6 cm (16 1/2 x 27 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club
	opening date:   1984-11-21T05:00:00
	<i>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

	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).

	title:		Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Egyptian Tombs, 9th - 12th Century
	opening date:   2022-01-22T05:00:00
	<i>Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Egyptian Tombs, 9th - 12th Century</i>. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (January 22-May 8, 2022) https://harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/5836/social-fabrics-inscribed-textiles-from-medieval-egyptian-tombs.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving</em>. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-02-27T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, and Paris, France, sold to the Textile Arts Club for gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1956
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1956–
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CITATIONS

	Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952</em>. Hartford, CT: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.
	page number: 	p. 17, no. 9
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	Wardwell, Anne E. <em>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
	page number: 	p. 17, cat. no. 9
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	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. 90, fig. 3.5; Mentioned: P. 89
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	McWilliams, Mary, and Jochen A. Sokoly. Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museums, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 118-119
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