id:			136406
accession number:	1960.273
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.273
updated:		2023-03-24 11:13:12.896000

Border of Heads and Palmettes from a Large Hanging
, 500s. Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, 6th century. Dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave; overall: 76.2 x 26 cm (30 x 10 1/4 in.); mounted: 89.2 x 34.3 cm (35 1/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1960.273

title:				Border of Heads and Palmettes from a Large Hanging

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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		599
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creditline:			Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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culture:	Egypt, Antinoë, Byzantine period, 6th century
technique:	Dyed wool, undyed linen; slit-tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 76.2 x 26 cm (30 x 10 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.2 x 34.3 cm (35 1/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	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:		Coptic Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2010-03-31T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 31, 2010-April 1, 2011).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2015-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3, 2015-April 11, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(acquired on the Cairo market, 11/1960, by Dorothy Shepherd).
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wall description:
Frontal heads with caps alternating with palmette leaves on a rich blue ground was a popular border design for luxurious woolen hangings whose field patterns often incorporated Iranian artistic features. A reciprocal red and white foliate design forms the secondary border. The field pattern possibly began on the left on the red ground.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 31
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n55

	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. 31
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n53

	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. 37
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n57

	Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
	page number: 	p. 10-11
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