Ornament from a Garment
AD 400s–600s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Ornament from a Garment, AD 400s–600s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 5th - 7th period. Tapestry weave with supplementary weftwrapping; undyed linen, dyed wool; overall: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.); mounted: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.21 The purple color was achieved using red dye made of madder and blue from the indigo plant.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- tapestry weave with supplementary weftwrapping; undyed linen, dyed wool
- Medium
- tapestry, weave, supplementary, weftwrapping, undyed, linen, dyed, wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.4 x 24.8 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1919.21
- Credit Line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Exhibitions
- Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation, Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 106A Migration Period & Coptic
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