Cleveland Museum of Art

Grape Leaves from a Curtain

Date

400s-500s

Medium

weft-faced plain weave with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool

Culture

Egypt, Byzantine period

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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