id: 108857
accession number: 1926.533
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updated: 2025-02-08 23:46:06.882000
Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread, 1600–1625. Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded; overall: 236.2 x 143.5 cm (93 x 56 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.533
title: Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
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creation date: 1600–1625
creation date earliest: 1600
creation date latest: 1625
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique: Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Carpet
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measurements: Overall: 236.2 x 143.5 cm (93 x 56 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Islamic Art
opening date: 1970-06-15T04:00:00
Islamic Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (June 15-October 1, 1970).
title: Arts of Islam
opening date: 1976-04-08T05:00:00
Arts of Islam. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (April 8-July 4, 1976).
title: Islamic Gallery 206 Rotation
opening date: 2002-08-22T04:00:00
Islamic Gallery 206 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 22, 2002-March 5, 2003).
title: Islamic art rotation
opening date: 2012-12-03T05:00:00
Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 3, 2012-December 9, 2013).
title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00
Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Islamic Art. De Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 24-March 22, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-02-24T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Islamic Art Across the World: An Exhibition Prepared by Theodore Bowie in Partial Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Indiana University. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (June 18-October 1, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-06-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Arts of Islam. The Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-04-08T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
formerly in Chorherrenstift Voran, Austria
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(Mario Veneziani, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1926
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1926-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Underhill, Gertrude and William M. Milliken. "A "Polish" Rug in the J. H. Wade Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 14, no. 4 (1927): 54-56.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 54-56
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137018
Hall, Helen B. 1937. “Exhibition of Islamic Art, San Francisco, 1937.” Ars Islamica 4: 484–98.
page number: fig. 21
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 217
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n241
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 217
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n241
Jones, Dalu and George Michell. The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.
page number: p. 102, no. 65
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 274
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n294
Strong, Meghan E. “Art of the Islamic World.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 28-30.
page number: Reproduced: P. 28.
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