id:			118296
accession number:	1939.38.d
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2023-12-04 07:32:43.012000

Lampas with scenes of wild animals, 1500s. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and gold: lampas weave, brocaded; overall: 19 x 8.5 cm (7 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.38.d

title:				Lampas with scenes of wild animals
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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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 gold: lampas weave, brocaded
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 19 x 8.5 cm (7 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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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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
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	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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