Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground
1000s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragmentary roundel with eagle in gold ground, 1000s. Egypt, Fatimid period. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1946.258
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.2 x 14 cm (4 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1946.258
- Credit Line
- Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
- Exhibitions
- Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (April 24-June 27, 1947)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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