Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic (late 400s - 500s): Art, History and Details
Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic at the Cleveland Museum of Art: late 400s - 500s, plain weave with slit-tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; dyed wool, undyed linen. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and c
Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic (late 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 tunic fragment with a straight neck opening in the center and one surviving shoulder square may have symbolically protected the wearer from danger. This is suggested by interlacing knots. These delicate decorations in small deep purple discs alternate with human busts in roundels.
Object facts
- Title: Neck and Shoulder Decoration from a Tunic
- Date: late 400s - 500s
- Culture: Egypt, Byzantine period
- Type: Textile
- Technique: plain weave with slit-tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; dyed wool, undyed linen
- Dimensions: Overall: 14.3 x 35.6 cm (5 5/8 x 14 in.); Mounted: 22.9 x 43.2 cm (9 x 17 in.)
- Collection: T - Coptic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1926.148
Collection credit
Gift of George D. Pratt
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