1975.41.2: Shoulder Band (Clavus): Floral Design
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.2
- Title
- Shoulder Band (Clavus): Floral Design
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 8th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Islamic period
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289161
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Linen and wool, tapestry woven
- Technique
- Woven, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 6.2 × 41 cm (2 7/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
- Accession Year
- 1975
- Object Number
- 1975.41.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Tapestry woven band with yellow and buff floral design against red background. The design consists of a continuous line of repeating units of foliage, with each segment blossoming out of the previous segment. The band has borders of thin vines arranged almost in a wave scroll. At regularly spaced intervals a buff colored circle interrupts the scroll and may represent a flower or leaf. Bits of plain linen visible at edges. Linen warps run perpendicular to the length of the band. At the left end of the textile, the width of the band begins to taper, suggesting that it would terminate in a rounded end and pendant like the ending of the related piece 1975.41.3.
- Commentary
- Both 1975.41.3 and this piece were probably clavi (shoulder bands) from the same tunic, from either the front or back of the garment.
Verification Level
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