id:			123491
accession number:	1943.91
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.91
updated:		2020-11-04 20:05:38.322000

Fragment of Silk Taffeta with “Rose and Nightingale” Motif, 1700s. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and metallic thread: taffeta, brocaded; overall: 38.1 x 40.6 cm (15 x 16 in.); mounted: 48.3 x 50.8 cm (19 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Fred R. White 1943.91

title:				Fragment of Silk Taffeta with “Rose and Nightingale” Motif
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Fred R. White
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culture:	Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)
technique:	Silk and metallic thread: taffeta, brocaded
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 38.1 x 40.6 cm (15 x 16 in.); Mounted: 48.3 x 50.8 cm (19 x 20 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2018-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).

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A luxurious textile like this would have been used for courtly robes or coats in Safavid Iran. The bird-and-flower motif is known as <em>gul-u-bulbul </em>in Persian, meaning “rose and nightingale.” The motif references the poetic image of a nightingale plaintively singing to an indifferent rose as a metaphor for unrequited human love as well as the soul’s desire for mystical union with the divine.
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