id:			118426
accession number:	1939.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.47
updated:		2025-02-09 00:28:06.593000

Fragment, 1000s-1100s. Iran or Iraq. Silk: soumak, or twisted tapestry; overall: 20 x 22.6 cm (7 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.47

title:				Fragment
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creation date:			1000s-1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq
technique:	Silk: soumak, or twisted tapestry
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 20 x 22.6 cm (7 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Woven Treasures of Persian Art</em>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-04-01T00:00:00'}

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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

	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: pp. 143, 146
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25138043

	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. 684
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n125

	<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. 26, cat. no. 22; Reproduced: p. 36, cat. no. 22
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	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. 216
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n240

	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. 216
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n240

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