Roundel from a Curtain

Materialinformationen

Titel:
Roundel from a Curtain
Veröffentlichungsdatum:
Maße:
Overall: 45.2 x 47.7 cm (17 13/16 x 18 3/4 in.); Mounted: 64.1 x 64.1 x 2.5 cm (25 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 in.)
Kultureller Kontext:
Egypt, Byzantine period
Technik:
plain weave ground with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool

Themen

Genre:
Textile

Notizen

Zusammenfassung:
This circular element called a roundel that originally decorated a curtain displays a perfectly interlaced knot, a design believed to provide protection from harm. Curtains were often used as modular walls in houses, theaters, and Christian churches during the late Roman and early Christian periods. ( en )
Exhibitions:
CURRENT: Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation (Sep 12, 2000); Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation (Oct 29, 2004); The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Jun 09, 2006); Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106 (Apr 04, 2011); Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity (Feb 25, 2016); Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106 (May 23, 2017); Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106 (Nov 12, 2022) **LEGACY: Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11, 2000-October 21, 2001); (October 29, 2004-July 18, 2005).;
Citation/Reference:
Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. (p. 21, 31, 116);; Thomas, Thelma K. "Making Textiles and Assessing Their Value." In <em>Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity. </em>Thelma K. Thomas, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. (Reproduced: P. 79, 81, fig. 1-4.3);
Acquisition:
Gift of Henry Hunt Clark
Allgemeine Anmerkung:
Textiles
Allgemeine Anmerkung:
T - Coptic

Datensatzinformationen

Rechteverwaltung:
CC0
Ressourcenkennung:
1946.412 ( Accession Number )
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60757766 ( Wikidata )