Clavi (Decorative Band)
700s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Clavi (Decorative Band), 700s. Egypt, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Wool; plain weave with slit-tapestry weave; overall: 80 x 17.8 cm (31 1/2 x 7 in.); mounted: 92.7 x 68.6 cm (36 1/2 x 27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.107.b
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- wool; plain weave with slit-tapestry weave
- Medium
- wool, plain, weave, slit-tapestry
- Dimensions
- Overall: 80 x 17.8 cm (31 1/2 x 7 in.); Mounted: 92.7 x 68.6 cm (36 1/2 x 27 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1982.107.b
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Exhibitions
- Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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