Nude Female Dancers from a Tunic
700–799
- Medium
- Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.5 x 14 cm (6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 21.6 x 14 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
About
Voluptuous females in sheer attire were not only depicted in contemporary wall paintings but also woven in lengths of silk fabric that were cut into squares to decorate linen tunics. These symmetrical female dancers, with anklets and long scarves draped around their shoulders, hold branches and pomegranates.