Harvard Art Museums > 1924.111: Band with Geometric Design Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Band with Geometric Design , 1924.111,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215129. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1924.111 Title Band with Geometric Design Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 2nd-4th century CE Places Creation Place: Africa, Egypt Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215129 Physical Descriptions Medium Wool and linen Technique Woven, mixed technique Dimensions 6.35 x 7.94 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross Accession Year 1924 Object Number 1924.111 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description A purple, twisting narrow vine with serrated leaves runs between two bands of geometric interlace. The serrations of the leaves are exposed pairs of linen warps. The ‘flying shuttle’ technique using supplementary linen wefts creates the interlace design on top of purple woolen wefts, above and below the running vine. Areas of plain weave linen survive at the top and bottom of the band. The warps are paired in the area of weft-faced weave. Commentary Compare MFA 96.198, also from the Denman Waldo Ross Collection. KMKG-MRAH ACO.Tx.0159 from Akhmim and Brooklyn Museum 26.739 are also good comparisons. Exhibition History The Art of Looking: 150 Years of Art History at Harvard, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/25/2025 - 05/11/2025 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
