Bishop's Vestment Decoration
Date6th-7th century
Maker
Egyptian
Object number46.109
Provenance[Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum/ Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, June 13, 1946
Exhibition HistoryBaltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, exhibition of Byzantine art, 1947
Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, liturgical arts exhibition, 1947
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Threads of History," 1965-68 (Organized by American Federation of Arts, Decorative Arts Program, circuit to San Francisco, CA, de Young Memorial Museum; Oklahoma City, OK, Oklahoma Art Center; New York, NY, Cooper Union Museum; Athens, GA, University of Georgia; Binghamton, NY, Roberson Center for Arts and Sciences; Syracuse, NY, Everson Museum of Art; Kent, CT, Kent School for Boys)Published ReferencesBaltimore Museum of Art, Early Christian and Byzantine Art Exhibition catalogue, 1947, #787
Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 110 (b&w)
Weibel, Adele C., 2000 Years of Textiles, 1952, pl. 55
Thompson, Debroah, Baltimore Museum of Art, Coptic Textiles in the Brooklyn Museum of Art, (Wilbur Monographs II) 1971
Athens Benaki Museum, Coptic Textiles, 1971, no. 25, (4, 1763) pair of clavi on tunic 8th century 54 x 35 cm, central panel fig. crt hand raised in central panel "garland" in lower ends on clavi.Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall h.: 34 3/8 in.
Overall w.: 30 1/8 in.
MediumWool and linen
Egyptian
6th-8th century
Object number: 75.47