id:			118470
accession number:	1939.506
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.506
updated:		2025-08-20 12:39:48.326000

Fragment with peacocks in ogival pattern, 1004–1260 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran or Iraq, possibly Rayy. Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft; overall: 24.1 x 22.9 cm (9 1/2 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.506

title:				Fragment with peacocks in ogival pattern
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creation date:			1004–1260 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
creation date earliest:		1004
creation date latest:		1260
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq, possibly Rayy
technique:	Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 24.1 x 22.9 cm (9 1/2 x 9 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Pseudo-Arabic decorative inscriptions
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

	(Adolph Loewi [1888-1977], Los Angeles, CA, 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

	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: 	no. 102, p. 108
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	Lemberg, Mechthild. 1973. “The Buyid Silks of the Abegg Foundation, Berne.” <em>Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens</em>. No. 37 1973 – I. p. 11-54
	page number: 	p. 45, no. 51
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	Shepherd, Dorothy G. 1974. "Medieval Persian Silks in Fact and Fancy: A Refutation of the Riggisberg Report". <em>Bulletin Du CIETA, Centre International D'étude Des Textiles Anciens</em>. 39-40.
	page number: 	fig. 49 b-c, p. 13, 18
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	Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." <em>Ars Orientalis</em> 22 (1992): 1-41.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p 29; Mentioned: p. 15
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423

	Baker, Patricia L. <em>Islamic Textiles</em>. London: British Museum Press, 1995.
	page number: 	p. 45
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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: 	Reproduced: P. 37, fig. 1.20d, P. 152, fig. 4.24; Mentioned: P. 33, 151, 215
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