id:			126739
accession number:	1949.165.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.165.a
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:11.813000

Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars, before 1949. Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194). Silk: lampas weave; overall: 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.165.a

title:				Fragment with Octagons and Four-Pointed Stars
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creation date:			before 1949
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1949
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194)
technique:	Silk: lampas weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inni la-'a'lamu wal-layl janan anna al-jannah fi arja' difafihi
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PROVENANCE

	Originally reported as having been found in Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran
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	(Adolph Loewi [1888-1977], Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1949
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1949-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Schmidt, Heinrich Jakob. <em>Alte Seidenstoffe; ein Handbuch für Sammler und Liebhaber</em>. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &amp; Biermann, 1958.
	page number: 	p. 117, fig. 83
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	Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Two Seljuk Silks from Raiy.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 37, no. 1, 1950, pp. 16–12.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 16-17; Reproduced: [unpaginated]
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141602

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