id:			108832
accession number:	1926.507
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.507
updated:		2022-01-04 15:05:54.404000

Parrots and Animals, 1300s. Italy, 14th century. Silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves (lampas); overall: 84.8 x 26.7 cm (33 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 90.2 x 33 cm (35 1/2 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1926.507

title:				Parrots and Animals
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Gift of J. H. Wade
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culture:	Italy, 14th century
technique:	silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves (lampas)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Ecclesiastical
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 84.8 x 26.7 cm (33 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 90.2 x 33 cm (35 1/2 x 13 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2012-11-14T05:00:00
	<i>Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2012-December 10, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Circa 1300. Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN (September 26-November 7, 1965).<br>East-West in Art. Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 22-October 15, 1966).<br>Gallery 216 installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1991).

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
Silk weaving became an important industry in Italy during the 13th century, especially in Lucca and Venice. Initially, it was closely associated with silk patterns that were woven in the well established textile industry in Islamic Spain. Here, the Islamic influence is apparent in the paired eagles and gazelles flanking concentric bulb-shaped palmettes. Many variations of this design were woven in Italy during the 1300s. Examples that belonged to a pope, cardinal, and bishop provide dates between 1334 and 1361 based on their obituaries. Inventories in the Vatican also describe vestments displaying animals and birds with gold heads throughout the1300s. Here, costly gold thread was only interlaced where it is visible in the pattern.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
	page number: 	p. 128, no. 170
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 162
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n41

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 56
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n80

	Klesse, Brigitte. Seidenstoffe in der italienischen Malerei des 14. Jahrhunderts. Bern: Stämpfli, 1967.
	page number: 	abb. 5
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 56
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n80

	Wardwell, Anne E. 1977. "The Stylistic Development of 14th- and 15th-Century Italian Silk Design". Aachener Kunstblätter / Hrsg. Im Auftr. Des Vorstandes Des Aachener Museumsvereins. 177-226.
	page number: 	fig. 2, p. 181
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 62
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n82

	Wardwell, Anne E. 1978. "Italian Gothic Silks in the Museum Collection". Bulletin / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 6-23.
	page number: 	fig. 1, p. 6
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	Wilson, Kax. A History of Textiles. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1979.
	page number: 	pl. 41
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