id:			151276
accession number:	1983.145.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.145.a
updated:		2023-08-22 11:27:34.174000

Panel from a Large Curtain, Overlapping Leaves, 300s-400s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 4th-5th century. Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave sewn on plain weave ground; overall: 78.7 x 15.2 cm (31 x 6 in.); mounted: 127.6 x 25.4 cm (50 1/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.145.a

title:				Panel from a Large Curtain, Overlapping Leaves
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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 and dyed wool: tapestry weave sewn on plain weave ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 78.7 x 15.2 cm (31 x 6 in.); Mounted: 127.6 x 25.4 cm (50 1/4 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2010-03-31T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 31, 2010-April 1, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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wall description:
These colorful overlapping leaves with interspersed buds along the sides originally formed a decorative panel in a large curtain. Together with several similar designs, they alternated with areas of undyed linen decorated with scattered wool and linen tapestry-woven motifs. Although decorative motifs were often woven into the ground fabric, this panel was sewn on afterwards. During the late Roman and early Christian period curtains with woven or applied decoration were used in churches and Christian meeting rooms to separate the clergy from the congregation. They were also hung in doorways and between columns both inside and outside. Their importance is evident in numerous portraits of religious figures and laymen represented between curtained arches.
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