id:			115383
accession number:	1936.17
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.17
updated:		2025-02-14 13:29:47.187000

Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration, early 1600s. India, Kashmir. Pashmina (wool): asymmetrical knot; average: 292.7 x 248.9 cm (115 1/4 x 98 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1936.17

title:				Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration
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creation date:			early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1620
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Kashmir
technique:	Pashmina (wool): asymmetrical knot
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Carpet
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measurements: Average: 292.7 x 248.9 cm (115 1/4 x 98 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Autumn Flower Show
	opening date:   1935-11-01T04:00:00
	<i>Autumn Flower Show</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-December 1, 1935).

	title:		The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition
	opening date:   1936-06-26T04:00:00
	<i>The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

	title:		India's Art
	opening date:   1949-12-02T05:00:00
	<i>India's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1949-January 22, 1950).

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

	title:		Nature Supernatural
	opening date:   2023-09-22T04:00:00
	<i>Nature Supernatural</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 22, 2023-March 3, 2024).

	title:		Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)
	opening date:   2024-03-22T04:00:00
	<i>Carpets and Canopies in Mughal India​ (Indian art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-September 8, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sultan Abdul Aziz
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	Henry G. Marquand, Esq. [1819–1902], New York, NY
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	(P. W. French and Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1936
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1936–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Comstock, Helen. “An Indo-Persian Carpet for the Cleveland Museum.” <em>The Connoisseur </em>XCVIII (July 1936):
	page number: 	41-42.
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	Comstock, Helen. “An Indo-Persian Carpet for the Cleveland Museum.” <em>The Connoisseur </em>XCVIII (July 1936):
	page number: 	41-42.
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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. 784
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n140

	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. 240
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n264

	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. 240
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n264

	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. 311
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n331

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