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Lions from a Tunic
c. 800's
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The royal lions and jeweled border in this colorful roundel, originally from a tunic, conveyed power and wealth. The symmetrical design with lions and ducks flanking the central palmette (fan-shaped plant form) indicates that the pattern was copied from a costlier silk textile woven on a loom that automatically repeated the design in mirror-image symmetry.
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- Title: Lions from a Tunic
- Date Created: c. 800's
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 23 x 23 cm (9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Mounted: 29.2 x 29.2 cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris.
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.83
- Medium: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century
- Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Collection: T - Coptic
- Accession Number: 1982.83
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