id: 118470
accession number: 1939.506
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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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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
opening date: 1991-11-26T05:00:00
Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. 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. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. 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.” Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens. 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". Bulletin Du CIETA, Centre International D'étude Des Textiles Anciens. 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." Ars Orientalis 22 (1992): 1-41.
page number: Reproduced: p 29; Mentioned: p. 15
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4629423
Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. London: British Museum Press, 1995.
page number: p. 45
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. 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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