Fragment

CultureEgyptian

Date500-700 C.E.

MediumTapestry weave

DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 x 14 inches (24.13 x 35.56 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number31-126/70

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionBorder on terra-cotta background, geometric forms in dark brown and cream.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

No exhibition history known at this time.

Provenance

Marczell von Nemes (born Mózes Klein, 1866-1930), Budapest, Munich, Venice, and Paris, by 1930;

Purchased at Nemes’ posthumous sale, Sammlung Marczell von Nemes: Textilien, Skulpturen, Kunstwewerbe, Munich, June 16, 1931, lot 270 as Sammlung von 59 Koptischen Geweben by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931 [1].

[1] Auction catalogue accessed online, September 4, 2019, https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/helbing1931_06_16bd2. Lot 270 included 59 Coptic fragments.

Published References

Lucy Roy Sibley, “Coptic Textiles at the Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City: A Stylistic and Structural Analysis” (PhD diss., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1981),136, 138, 139, 140, 146, 148, 150, 161, 164, 185, 187-189, 223, 225, 231-232, 312-314, (repro.).

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