id:			150633
accession number:	1982.107.b
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.107.b
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Clavi (Decorative Band), 700s. Egypt, Islamic Umayyad or Abbasid period, 8th century. Wool; plain weave with slit-tapestry weave; overall: 80 x 17.8 cm (31 1/2 x 7 in.); mounted: 92.7 x 68.6 cm (36 1/2 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.107.b

title:				Clavi (Decorative Band)
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
current location:		106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Islamic Umayyad or Abbasid period, 8th century
technique:	wool; plain weave with slit-tapestry weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 80 x 17.8 cm (31 1/2 x 7 in.); Mounted: 92.7 x 68.6 cm (36 1/2 x 27 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		Coptic Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2014-03-18T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 18, 2014-March 2, 2015).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation
	opening date:   2019-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13, 2019-May 11, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 23, 2001-October 27, 2002).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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wall description: 
Classical figures and winged animals remained popular during the early Islamic period. The nude male may portray Dionysus, Greek god of wine; he holds his thyrsus, a staff ornamented with ivy leaves and pine cones, as he pours liquid from a small jug for the panther. These colorful designs would have decorated the front or back of a tunic and one sleeve. Elaborate embellishments were cherished. Thus, once a tunic began to fray, its decoration was sewn onto a new one, as seen on this winter-weight woolen tunic cloth. Its finely detailed motifs, some with eccentric drawing, are woven in tapestry weave, the equivalent of painting with weft thread; discontinuous horizontal wefts are interlaced only where needed in the design.
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