Fragmentary Icon Panel, Christ in Glory (?) and Evangelists
Unknown Artist
750 – 850
Medium
slit-and dovetailed-tapestry weave; wool
Dimensions
53.3 × 80.7 cm · mounted: 63.5 × 90.2 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1952.256
About this artwork
In this extraordinary fragment with a rare background resembling woven silk patterns, two roundels in the corners display the busts of haloed Evangelists holding books and raising their right hands in a gesture of teaching. In the center, the large roundel preserves traces of an enthroned figure, presumably that of Christ in Glory (the jeweled throne is visible on the left). A geometric pattern of zigzags and triangles decorates the border. Woven on a verticle loom, tapestry weave has colorful h...