id: 98504
accession number: 1918.225
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Velvet with gold discs, late 1200s or earlier. Iran, probably Tabriz, Ilkhanid period. Silk, gilt-metal thread; brocaded velvet; overall: 30.5 x 20.6 cm (12 x 8 1/8 in.); mounted: 34.9 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1918.225
title: Velvet with gold discs
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creation date: late 1200s or earlier
creation date earliest: 1200
creation date latest: 1299
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creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture: Iran, probably Tabriz, Ilkhanid period
technique: silk, gilt-metal thread; brocaded velvet
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Velvet
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measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 20.6 cm (12 x 8 1/8 in.); Mounted: 34.9 x 25.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 2000 Years of Silk Weaving
opening date: 1944-01-09T05:00:00
2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Bacri Freres, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1918
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1918–
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RELATED WORKS
id: 98591
Velvet Fragment in Two Pieces, 1300s. Iran or Iraq, 14th century. Velvet, lancé, silk and Cyprian gold around silk core; overall: 27.9 x 17.8 cm (11 x 7 in.); mounted: 35.6 x 28.3 cm (14 x 11 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1918.30.b
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CITATIONS
Wardwell, Anne E. "Panni Tartarici: Eastern Islamic Silks Woven with Gold and Silver (13th and 14th Centuries)." In Islamic Art III, 95-173. New York: The Islamic Art Foundation, 1989.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 95-173; Reproduced: Fig. 57, 77
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Hoeniger, Cathleen S. “Cloth of Gold and Silver: Simone Martini's Techniques for Representing Luxury Textiles.” Gesta 30 (2): 154–62.
page number: p. 160
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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: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 228, fig. 6.13
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IMAGES
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