Grape Leaf from a Curtain (400s-500s): Art, History and Details
Grape Leaf from a Curtain at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 400s-500s, weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection hist
Grape Leaf from a Curtain (400s-500s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This deep-purple grape leaf once decorated the plain linen ground of a curtain. It probably refers to Dionysus, the classical god of wine, whose cult was popular in Egypt through the 6th century.
Object facts
- Title: Grape Leaf from a Curtain
- Date: 400s-500s
- Culture: Egypt, Byzantine period
- Type: Textile
- Technique: weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
- Dimensions: Overall: 29.2 x 19.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.); 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Collection: T - Coptic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1983.262.b
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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