Samite fragments with double-headed eagles, from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo
1200–1243
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Samite fragments with double-headed eagles, from the tomb of Saint Bernard Calvo, 1200–1243. Probably Byzantium. Samite: silk; overall: 118 x 165 cm (46 7/16 x 64 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.92
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- samite: silk
- Dimensions
- Overall: 118 x 165 cm (46 7/16 x 64 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1951.92
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, East-West in Art, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Spanish Medieval Art. The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (December 15, 1954-January 30, 1955).<br>East-West in Art, Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 15, 1966).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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