Follow a subject / an authored looking sequence
The edge holds the image. What happens inside a repeated boundary?
Compare pearl roundels, a woven textile and an ornamental field. Notice how an edge separates a motif from its neighbours; then return to the specific evidence for each object.
01 / late 8th–9th century
Textile with Pearl Roundels with Dragons Trace a pearl-bordered roundel before looking at what it encloses. The dossier separates the museum’s object attribution from broader histories of the motif.
Full maker attribution Maker unrecorded
Institutional record ↗ Full image & source ↗ Textile with Pearl Roundels with Dragons late 8th–9th century · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Institution record ↗ Textile with Pearl Roundels with Dragons
Maker Maker unrecorded
Date late 8th–9th century
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession 1998.147
Credit Purchase, Barbara and William Karatz Gift, 1998 Complete source image, unmarked.
Open institutional record ↗ 02 / c. 1688/1732
The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series Begin with the outer frame, then look inward. How does a bounded scene differ from an all-over repeat?
Full maker attribution After a design by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699) in the style of Jean I Berain (1640–1711); border design by Jean I Berain Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of the Behagle family (directors, 1684–1711), the Filleul brothers (codirectors, 1711–22), or Noël-Antoine Mérou (director, 1722–33) France, Beauvais
Institutional record ↗ Read the catalogue record → Full image & source ↗ The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series c. 1688/1732 · The Art Institute of Chicago Institution record ↗ The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
Maker After a design by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699) in the style of Jean I Berain (1640–1711); border design by Jean I Berain Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of the Behagle family (directors, 1684–1711), the Filleul brothers (codirectors, 1711–22), or Noël-Antoine Mérou (director, 1722–33) France, Beauvais
Date c. 1688/1732
Collection The Art Institute of Chicago
Accession 1956.101
Credit Robert Allerton Endowment Complete source image, unmarked.
Open institutional record ↗ 03 / 600–850
Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic Follow one unit and its neighbours. Which edges belong to the motif, and which seem to emerge from the spaces around it?
Full maker attribution Maker unrecorded
Institutional record ↗ Read the catalogue record → Full image & source ↗ Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic 600–850 · The Cleveland Museum of Art Institution record ↗ Roundel with curvilinear palmette tree, from a tunic
Maker Maker unrecorded
Date 600–850
Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession 1952.102
Credit Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund Complete source image, unmarked.
Open institutional record ↗ Newly reviewed / four materials
The circle changes its substance. These four Cleveland records extend the question into textile, bronze, glass and ivory. Their shared round format is a looking comparison, not a claim of historical transmission.
ⓘ Roundel from a Curtain Maker unrecorded · 300s CE The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 Textile / Source record
Roundel from a Curtain Read the catalogue and evidence →
Maker Maker unrecorded
Date 300s CE
Medium plain weave ground with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession 1946.412
Credit Gift of Henry Hunt Clark
Rights Public domain · CC0 Public domain · CC0. Institution-provided display image; no Artologium pixel changes. Original-resolution image linked at source. Editorial views may show a detail.
Institution’s full-resolution image ↗ Museum reuse policy ↗ Institutional rights designation checked 2026-10-25. Catalogue descriptions are normalized from source data; visual interpretation may be unassessed.
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+ Save for later plain weave ground with tapestry weave and supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool
+ Save for later ⓘ Roundel Maker unrecorded · c. 100–1 BCE The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 Sculpture / Source record
Roundel Read the catalogue and evidence →
Maker Maker unrecorded
Date c. 100–1 BCE
Medium bronze with repoussé and chased designs
Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession 2012.298
Credit Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski
Rights Public domain · CC0 Public domain · CC0. Institution-provided display image; no Artologium pixel changes. Original-resolution image linked at source. Editorial views may show a detail.
Institution’s full-resolution image ↗ Museum reuse policy ↗ Institutional rights designation checked 2026-10-25. Catalogue descriptions are normalized from source data; visual interpretation may be unassessed.
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+ Save for later ⓘ Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich workshop of Hans Rütter (Swiss, 1550–1610) · 1593 The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 Glass / Source record
Heraldic Roundel with Arms of the Canton of Zürich Read the catalogue and evidence →
Maker workshop of Hans Rütter (Swiss, 1550–1610)
Date 1593
Medium white glass with silver stain and pot metal
Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession 1955.71
Credit Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights Public domain · CC0 Public domain · CC0. Institution-provided display image; no Artologium pixel changes. Original-resolution image linked at source. Editorial views may show a detail.
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+ Save for later ⓘ Roundel with the Annunciation Maker unrecorded · c. 1470 The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 Ivory / Source record
Roundel with the Annunciation Read the catalogue and evidence →
Maker Maker unrecorded
Date c. 1470
Medium ivory
Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession 1971.7
Credit Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Rights Public domain · CC0 Public domain · CC0. Institution-provided display image; no Artologium pixel changes. Original-resolution image linked at source. Editorial views may show a detail.
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