id: 151058 accession number: 1982.83.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.83.b updated: Lions from a Tunic, c. 800's. Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 20.1 x 9 cm (7 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.83.b title: Lions from a Tunic title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 800's creation date earliest: 750 creation date latest: 850 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century technique: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool department: Textiles collection: T - Coptic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 20.1 x 9 cm (7 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The royal lions and jeweled border in this colorful roundel, originally from a tunic, conveyed power and wealth. The symmetrical design with lions and ducks flanking the central palmette (fan-shaped plant form) indicates that the pattern was copied from a costlier silk textile woven on a loom that automatically repeated the design in mirror-image symmetry. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES