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accession number:	1983.140.b
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Fragment with Gold Foil, from a Furnishing Fabric, 300s-400s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th-5th century. Undyed linen, dyed wool, and gold foil; plain weave with supplementary weft-loops, slit-tapestry
weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 26.1 x 25.2 cm (10 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.140.b

title:				Fragment with Gold Foil, from a Furnishing Fabric
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creation date:			300s-400s
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		499
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th-5th century
technique:	undyed linen, dyed wool, and gold foil; plain weave with supplementary weft-loops, slit-tapestry
weave with supplementary weft wrapping
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 26.1 x 25.2 cm (10 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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The rare gold foil and rich purple wool in these two fragments originally enriched a luxurious fabric. Costly gold foil wrapped around a silk core forms the central motif within a diamond, woven in tapestry weave. The surrounding interlacing knot design—achieved with three overlapping squares (in the small fragment) or interlacing squares (in the large fragment)—offered protection from danger and harm. The roundels were woven with extra, or supplementary, linen wefts wrapped on the purple ground. Linen pile loops in the ground fabric resisted abrasion in furnishing fabrics and provided insulation in tunics.
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