Grape Leaf from a Curtain
400–599
- Medium
- weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
- Dimensions
- Overall: 29.2 x 19.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.); 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Egypt, Byzantine period
About
This deep-purple grape leaf once decorated the plain linen ground of a curtain. It probably refers to Dionysus, the classical god of wine, whose cult was popular in Egypt through the 6th century.