Luxurious Woolen Tunic with Decorated Bands and Roundels
600s-700s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Luxurious Woolen Tunic with Decorated Bands
and Roundels, 600s-700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750). Weft-faced plain weave with slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave, supplementary weft wrapping, embroidery; undyed linen, dyed wool; overall: 205 x 170.2 cm (80 11/16 x 67 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund 1972.46
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- weft-faced plain weave with slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave, supplementary weft wrapping, embroidery; undyed linen, dyed wool
- Medium
- weft-faced, plain, weave, slit-and, dovetailed-tapestry, supplementary, weft, wrapping, embroidery, undyed, linen, dyed, wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 205 x 170.2 cm (80 11/16 x 67 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1972.46
- Credit Line
- The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1972, Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation - Gallery 106
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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