Fragment, Part of an Ornament from a Garment (400s): Art, History and Details

Fragment, Part of an Ornament from a Garment (400s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This fragment shows three hunters armed with swords and round shields or rocks alternating with lions and rabbits, evidently the prey. It appears identical in technique, color, and artistic details to 1950.147, and was attached to it inappropriately when acquired by the museum. Presumably, it decorated the hemline with the figures “lying down,” as also seen in the bands flanking the tunic’s neck opening.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment, Part of an Ornament from a Garment
• Date: 400s
• Culture: Egypt, Byzantine period
• Type: Textile
• Technique: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool
• Dimensions: Overall: 47.6 x 6.2 cm (18 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.); Mounted: 53.3 x 12.1 cm (21 x 4 3/4 in.)
• Collection: T - Coptic
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1950.615

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Friedman, Florence D. Beyond the Pharaohs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries A.D. Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1989.

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