Two Confronted Animals from a Tunic (700s-800s): Art, History and Details
Two Confronted Animals from a Tunic at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 700s-800s, plain weave with slit-tapestry weave, applied; dyed wool, undyed linen. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Two Confronted Animals from a Tunic (700s-800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Two spotted animals flank a simplified tree with more roots than leaves, framed by an angular vine. The nearly symmetrical pattern, woven in simple tapestry weave, was influenced by more complex weaves, visible in the silks displayed below.
Object facts
- Title: Two Confronted Animals from a Tunic
- Date: 700s-800s
- Culture: Egypt, Islamic period, Abbasid, 8th - 9th century
- Type: Textile
- Technique: plain weave with slit-tapestry weave, applied; dyed wool, undyed linen
- Dimensions: Overall: 14 x 18.7 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.); Mounted: 22.2 x 29.5 cm (8 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.)
- Collection: T - Coptic
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1983.256
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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