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Fragment of a Hanging or Cover


5th century - 6th century
48 x 45 cm (18 7/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
BZ.2010.070

Not on view


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Bibliography
T. K. Thomas, Designing Identity: the Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity, exhibition catalogue, New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, February 25th-May 22nd, 2016, (New York, 2016), 110-111, 146, no. 34, fig., p. 104 and 2-3.5.

E. Dospěl Williams, “Minor Art, Major Works: An Overview of Dumbarton Oaks’ Collections of Late Antique and Medieval Textiles,” in Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity, ed. T. K. Thomas (Princeton, NJ, 2016), 110, fig. 2-3.5.

G. Bühl, S. Krody, E. Dospěl Williams, Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt (Washington, DC, 2019), 90-1, no. 33.



Exhibition History
Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Cross References, March 26–July 31, 2011.

New York, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity, February 25–May 22, 2016.

Washington, DC, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt, August 31, 2019 - January 5, 2020.

Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks, Rich in Blessings: Wealth and the Late Antique Household, November 17, 2023 - June 9, 2024.



Acquisition History
Purchased from Christie's Auction House, June 2010.

Delivered to Dumbarton Oaks by G. Buehl on July 15, 2010.

Austrian Private Collection, 1970s.

With Theodore Graf (1840-1903), Austria.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.



Object Last Modified: 6/10/2024