id:			127928
accession number:	1950.562
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.562
updated:		2024-05-21 11:11:35.511000

Fragment of an Embroidery, 1100s. Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period, 12th century A.D.. Embroidery in silk and gold filé on mulham tabby ground; overall: 7 x 23.5 cm (2 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.562

title:				Fragment of an Embroidery
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period, 12th century A.D.
technique:	embroidery in silk and gold filé on mulham tabby ground
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 7 x 23.5 cm (2 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Dr. Emil Delmar [1876–1959], Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1950
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1950–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Two Islamic Embroideries in Gold on ‘Mulham.’” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 40, no. 8 (1953).
	page number: 	p. 189–191
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141905.

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