Detail View: The AMICA Library: Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?)
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1977.17
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Textiles
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Islamic
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Byzantine, Islamic or Byzantine, 9th -10th Century
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Title:
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Star and Cross Pattern from a Tomb Cover(?)
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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800s - 900s
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Creation Start Date:
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800
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Creation End Date:
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999
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Materials and Techniques:
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complementary weft-faced plain weave with inner warps (samit); silk
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Classification Term:
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Textiles
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 8.5cm x 24.1cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1977.17
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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said to have been found in a tomb in the Caucasus in the late 19th century. Loewi-Robertson acquired it from anonymous French collection.
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Context:
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This fragment is one of several that may have come from a tomb in the Caucasus (the region between the Black and Caspian seas). The design displays rows of eight-pointed stars, here with a rooster on a blue ground, alternating with striped pointed crosses. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.AM20020712.tif
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