id: 123707
accession number: 1944.239
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Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe, mid-1500s. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread; overall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.239
title: Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe
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creation date: mid-1500s
creation date earliest: 1525
creation date latest: 1575
current location: 116 Islamic
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501–1722)
technique: Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Velvet
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measurements: Overall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 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: For Modern America from the Ancient Near East
opening date: 1948-02-24T05:00:00
For Modern America from the Ancient Near East. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: Lost Cities
opening date: 1960-03-20T05:00:00
Lost Cities. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (organizer) (March 20-May 20, 1960).
title: Arts of Islam
opening date: 1976-04-08T05:00:00
Arts of Islam. Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (April 8-July 4, 1976).
title: Symposium on Falconry
opening date: 1976-12-10T05:00:00
Symposium on Falconry. Presidential Court Palace, Sheikh Zayed al-Nihayan, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (organizer) (December 10-18, 1976).
title: Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576
opening date: 2003-10-16T00:00:00
Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (October 16, 2003-January 18, 2004); Palazzo Reale, Milano, Italy (March 10-June 27, 2004).
title: Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
opening date: 2013-05-14T04:00:00
Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Lost Cities. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (March 20-May 20, 1960).
* 7000 Ans d'Art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1961-January 1962).
* The Arts of Islam. The Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976).
* Falconry [in Islamic Art], held in connection with the International Symposium of Falconry. Abu Dhabi (December 12-?, 1976).
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PROVENANCE
(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1944
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1944-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Hennezel, Henri d'. Le décor des soieries dʹart, anciennes et modernes: documents originaux en couleurs du Musée historique des tissus de Lyon. Paris: Éditions Nilsson, 1900.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 13
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Reath, Nancy Andrews, and Eleanor B. Sachs. Persian Textiles and Their Technique from the Sixth to the Eighteenth Centuries, Including a System for General Textile Classification. New Haven: Pub. for Pennsylvania Museum of Art by Yale University Press, 1937.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 122, pl. 80
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Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. London: Oxford University Press, 1938.
page number: Vol. VI, Pl. 1019
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Underhill, Gertrude. “A Shah Tahmasp Velvet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 31, no. 9, 1944, pp. 157–158.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 157-158
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141157
Underhill, Gertrude. “Fragments of a Khusraw and Shīrīn Velvet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 32, no. 6, 1945, pp. 95–99.
page number: Mentioned: p. 95
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141215
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: Reproduced: p. 120, pl. 136
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 732
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n133
Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 34-35, cat. no. 53
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Ghirshman, Roman. Sept mille ans d'art en Iran: Petit Palais, Octobre 1961-Janvier 1962. Paris: Association francaise d’action artistique, 1961.
page number: p. 201, no. 1130
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 217
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n241
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 217
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n241
Jones, Dalu and George Michell. The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976. [London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.
page number: p. 105, no. 72
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 276
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n296
Donley, Gregory, "Three New Curators", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 39 no. 04, April 1999
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6-7
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1999-04/page/6
Thompson, Jon, and Sheila R. Canby. Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Safavid Iran, 1501-1576. Milan: Skira; London: Thames & Hudson, 2003.
page number: pp. 288-289, cat. no. 12, 14
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 364
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Highet, Juliet. "Silks from Islamic Lands." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 17, issue 5 (March 2014).
page number: Reproduced: p. 16
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Weinstein, Laura, and Emine Fetvacı. Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: MFA Publications, 2015.
page number: p. 101, no. 63
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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: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 349-351, fig. 9.9
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