id:			111339
accession number:	1929.845
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.845
updated:		2025-04-02 13:30:35.080000

Fragment, 1200s–1300s. Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517). Block printing on plain weave cotton ground; overall: 16.5 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.845

title:				Fragment
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creation date:			1200s–1300s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)
technique:	Block printing on plain weave cotton ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Techniques of Textile Printing
	opening date:   1948-10-11T04:00:00
	<i>Techniques of Textile Printing</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949).

	title:		Design in Printed Textiles
	opening date:   1961-04-07T05:00:00
	<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 3, 1961).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1929
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1929–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pfister, R. <em>Les toiles imprimées de Fostat et l'Hindoustan</em>. Paris: Les Éditions d'art et d'histoire, 1938.
	page number: 	p. 75, pl. XXIXc
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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. 270
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n290

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art., 1991.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 48
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n63/mode/2up?view=theater

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.845/1929.845_full.tif