id:			129191
accession number:	1951.91
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Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms, 700s. Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258). Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit); overall: 22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); mounted: 27.9 x 34.9 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1951.91

title:				Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			Gift of The Textile Arts Club
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culture:	Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique:	Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Coptic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 34.9 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club
	opening date:   1984-11-21T05:00:00
	<i>Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

	title:		Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation
	opening date:   2001-11-02T05:00:00
	<i>Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 2001-October 15, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 23, 2001-October 27, 2002).', 'opening_date': '2001-10-23T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	reportedly acquired in Egypt; (Mme. Paul Mallon, Paris).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984.
	page number: 	p. 15
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	Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. 1995.
	page number: 	p. 38 (reconstruction drawing)
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	Williams, Elizabeth Dospěl. "Textile Aesthetics." In <em>Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt, </em>96-99. Washington: The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, 2019.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 97-98, fig. 34
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