id:			118292
accession number:	1939.38
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.38
updated:		2022-07-12 09:00:25.507000

Lampas with scenes of wild animals, late 1500s-early 1600s. Iran, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded; overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.38

title:				Lampas with scenes of wild animals
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creation date:			late 1500s-early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1575
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, Safavid period (1501-1722)
technique:	Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		For Modern America from the Ancient Near East
	opening date:   1948-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>For Modern America from the Ancient Near East</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1970-06-15T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (June 15-October 1, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944); Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 12-June 4, 1944); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 9-February 29, 1944).

* <em>Woven Treasures of Persian Art</em>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959)

* <em>Islamic Art Across the World</em>. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 18-October 1, 1970).

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PROVENANCE

	H. [Herman] A. Elsberg [1869–1938], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1939
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1939-
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wall description: 
Amidst small floral motifs, deer, and antelopes, cheetahs in one row attack deer, while in the alternating row lions seize wild asses.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. <em>A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present</em>. London: Oxford University Press, 1938.
	page number: 	Vol. VI, Pl. 1041
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	Underhill, Gertrude. “Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 26, no. 9, 1939, pp. 143–146.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 146
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25138043

	Weibel, Adèle Coulin. <em>Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East</em>. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 64
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	<em>Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century</em>. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 35, cat. no. 55
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	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 349-350, fig. 9.8
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