id:			151432
accession number:	1983.262.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.262.b
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:21.943000

Grape Leaf from a Curtain, 400s-500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th-6th Century. Weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 29.2 x 19.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.); 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.262.b

title:				Grape Leaf from a Curtain
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creation date:			400s-500s
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		599
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th-6th Century
technique:	weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 29.2 x 19.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.); 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11, 2000-October 21, 2001).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
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wall description:
This deep-purple grape leaf once decorated the plain linen ground of a curtain. It probably refers to Dionysus, the classical god of wine, whose cult was popular in Egypt through the 6th century.
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