id: 123031
accession number: 1943.283
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Gold-patterned Silk with Falcons and Heraldry, 1360–1400. Italy, last third of 14th century. Silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves (lampas); overall: 40.3 x 24.8 cm (15 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.); mounted: 45.1 x 28.6 cm (17 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.283
title: Gold-patterned Silk with Falcons and Heraldry
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creation date: 1360–1400
creation date earliest: 1360
creation date latest: 1400
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Italy, last third of 14th century
technique: Silk, gold thread; a combination of two weaves (lampas)
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 40.3 x 24.8 cm (15 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.); Mounted: 45.1 x 28.6 cm (17 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 2000 Years of Silk Weaving
opening date: 1944-01-09T05:00:00
2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
title: Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique
opening date: 1977-10-05T04:00:00
Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5-November 11, 1977).
title: Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115
opening date: 2012-11-14T05:00:00
Renaissance Textiles (Textile Rotation) - Gallery 115. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 14, 2012-December 10, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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Instead of international designs, this splendid gold-thread patterned silk displays a mixture of heraldic and falconry emblems. Pairs of falcons stand on a main d’aigle, a heraldic charge consisting of a bird’s wing and claw. They alternate with a panache, or plumes, from an ostrich with an ornamental interlacement at its base. Traditionally panaches were helmet or hat ornaments, but here is a heraldic crest. Although European motifs form the pattern, the dramatic energy of asymmetrical Chinese design persists.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1944.
page number: p. 15, pl. 29, no. 101
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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: p. 138, no 210
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Wardwell, Anne E. "Flight of the Phoenix: Crosscurrents in Late Thirteenth- to Fourteenth-Century Silk Patterns and Motifs." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 1 (1987): 2-35.
page number: p. 30, fig. 38
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25159970
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