id: 150633
accession number: 1982.107.b
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Clavi (Decorative Band), 700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). 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
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creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture: Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
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
Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).
title: Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
opening date: 2001-11-02T05:00:00
Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 2001-October 15, 2002).
title: Coptic Textile Rotation
opening date: 2014-03-18T04:00:00
Coptic Textile Rotation. 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
Coptic Textile Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13, 2019-May 11, 2020).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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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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