id:			111410
accession number:	1929.907
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.907
updated:		2022-01-04 15:09:10.783000

Fragment of a wood-block print on linen, 1200s–1300s. Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s. Block printing on linen tabby ground; overall: 11.5 x 19.1 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt 1929.907

title:				Fragment of a wood-block print on linen
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creation date:			1200s–1300s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1399
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of George D. Pratt
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culture:	Egypt, Mamluk period, 1200s-1300s
technique:	block printing on linen tabby ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 11.5 x 19.1 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	al-sultan (the sultan)
	translation:	
	remark:		

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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:   1961-04-04T04:00:00
	<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 4-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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wall description: 
The design of this printed textile was probably copied from a patterned silk. The Arabic inscription ("the sultan") in the center of each rosette was an abbreviation of an official Mamluk formula. The Buddhist knots in the petals of the rosettes and between the stars as well as the Chinese lotus flowers in the petals of the rosettes are indictive of how strong Mongol influence was in Egypt during the Mamluk period.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pfister, Rudoph. <em>Les toiles imprimées de Fostat et l'Hindoustan</em>. Paris: Les Éditions d'art et d'histoire, 1938.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 75, pl. XXIXd
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.907/1929.907_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.907/1929.907_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.907/1929.907_full.tif