id:			151261
accession number:	1983.140.c
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.140.c
updated:		2023-05-26 11:03:22.511000

Fragment with Gold Foil and Apotropaic Interlacing Knots, 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: 20.4 x 18.5 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.); mounted: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.140.c

title:				Fragment with Gold Foil and Apotropaic Interlacing Knots
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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: 20.4 x 18.5 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.); Mounted: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2000-09-12T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 12, 2000-October 25, 2001).

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2004-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2014-03-18T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 18, 2014-March 2, 2015).

	title:		Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity
	opening date:   2016-02-25T00:00:00
	<i>Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity</i>. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, NY, New York, NY (February 25-May 22, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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wall description:
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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Thomas, Thelma K., Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, and Elizabeth Dospel Williams. Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. 2016.
	page number: 	61
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	Thomas, Thelma K., Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen C. Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, and Elizabeth Dospěl Williams. Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. 2016.
	page number: 	fig. 1-2.8.c, p. 61
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