Ornamental Square from a Tunic
AD 400s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Ornamental Square from a Tunic, AD 400s. Egypt, Byzantine period. Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 21 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); mounted: 28.6 x 27.6 cm (11 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.1980
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 28.6 x 27.6 cm (11 1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1916.1980
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition, Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, <em>First National Silk Convention. </em>Paterson City Hall, Paterson, NJ (October 12–21, 1915)., <em>2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving</em>. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (December 7, 1951-January 27, 1952); Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (February 27-March 25, 1952).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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