Three Figures from a Tunic (750–800): Art, History and Details
Three Figures from a Tunic at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 750–800, tapestry weave; undyed linen and dyed wool. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Three Figures from a Tunic (750–800) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Three figures are clothed in large shawls, spotted trousers, and riding boots. They awkwardly carry gifts in bowls or on trays, since their large hands and arms do not seem connected to their bodies.
Object facts
- Title: Three Figures from a Tunic
- Date: 750–800
- Culture: Egypt, Abbasid period
- Type: Textile
- Technique: tapestry weave; undyed linen and dyed wool
- Dimensions: Mounted: 29.2 x 29.2 cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1926.158
Collection credit
Gift of George D. Pratt
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