Curtain

Provenance

Galerie Uraeus, Paris, by 1968; Roudabeh Alam, London, Nov. 14, 1968 [Galerie Uraeus invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to consignor [email from Joanna van der Lande, Bonhams, London, to S. Caruso, Dec. 2, 2022; copy in curatorial object file]; sold, Bonhams, London, Dec. 8, 2022, lot 280, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Curtain

Byzantine

6th century

Accession Number

268872

Medium

Linen and wool; plain and tapestry weaves with supplementary wefts

Dimensions

192.5 × 142.3 cm (75 3/4 × 56 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Belle M. Borland and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile endowment funds; Textiles Discretionary Fund