The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Curtain Fragment with Galloping Horse

Curtain Fragment with Galloping Horse

500s CE
Overall: 45.4 x 31.4 cm (17 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.); Mounted: 54 x 41.3 cm (21 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

This large roundel framed with hearts displays a saddled horse galloping through a landscape, indicated by the stylized tree. The secondary motif of birds, partially visible in the corners, was repeated with the large roundels to form a colorful curtain. The many shades of color were skillfully achieved from only a few dyes, often the most expensive aspect of production: red and pink made from an insect dye, perhaps Armenian cochineal; blue from indigo; salmon (horse's nose and belly), yellow, and brown from fustic (different colors caused by the mordant, probably alum); green from fustic and indigo; and purple (horse's mane) from madder and indigo.
  • (Dikran G. Kelekian, New York).
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    Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Sixth-Century Coptic Tapestry Roundel." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 4 (1948): 56-57. p. 56-57 25141455.
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 71 archive.org
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 31 archive.org
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  • Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 15, 2018-May 13, 2019).
    Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 23, 2012-May 2, 2013).
    Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).
    Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 16, 2002-October 27, 2003).
    Paris, Petit Palais, L'Art Copte (Paris, 1964), no. 269, illus.
    Vienna, Akademie der bildenden Kunste, Frühchristliche und koptische Kunst (Vienna, 1964), no. 598, fig. 116.
    Coptic Art. Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany (organizer) (April 1-July 31, 1963).
    Essen, Villa Hügel, Koptische-Kunst, Christentum am Nil (Essen-Bredeney, 1963), no. 367, illus.
    Zürich, Kusnthaus, Koptische Kunst, Christentum am Nil (Essen, 1963), no. 314, illus.
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
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