id: 95647
accession number: 1916.1358
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1358
updated: 2025-03-01 12:40:04.331000
Silk hanging with embroidered tree of life, 1800s. Turkey, Ottoman period. Silk: plain weave; embroidery, chain stitch; average: 228.6 x 172.7 cm (90 x 68 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1358
title: Silk hanging with embroidered tree of life
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creation date: 1800s
creation date earliest: 1800
creation date latest: 1899
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture: Turkey, Ottoman period
technique: Silk: plain weave; embroidery, chain stitch
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Embroidery
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measurements: Average: 228.6 x 172.7 cm (90 x 68 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250–1900
opening date: 2013-05-14T04:00:00
Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250–1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).
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PROVENANCE
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CITATIONS
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 336-337, fig. 8.54
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Highet, Juliet. "Silks from Islamic Lands." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 17, issue 5 (March 2014):16-18.
page number: 18
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