Grape Leaves from a Curtain
Unknown Artist
400s-500s
Medium
weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
Dimensions
19 × 31.5 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1983.262
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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.