id: 133122
accession number: 1955.52
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Fragment of Tomb Cover, before 1955. Iran or Iraq. Silk: double-face compound twill; overall: 78.1 x 66 cm (30 3/4 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.52
title: Fragment of Tomb Cover
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creation date: before 1955
creation date earliest: 998
creation date latest: 1955
current location:
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Iran or Iraq
technique: Silk: double-face compound twill
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 78.1 x 66 cm (30 3/4 x 26 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: [al-maw]t bab wa-kull al-nas dakhiluhu ya layta shi-ri ba'd al-bab ma al-d[ar]
translation:
remark:
inscription: inna a[l-dar ja]nnah khalid[ah] in 'amilta bi-ma yardá al-Ilah wa-in qasarta fal-nar
translation:
remark:
inscription: fi sanati thaman wa-thamanin wa-thal[a]thami'ah
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-04-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Sept mille ans d'art en Iran. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1-December 31, 1961).", 'opening_date': '1961-10-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Originally reported as having been found at or near Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran
date:
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citations:
(Mme. Paul [Margurerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1955
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citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1955-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “A Dated Persian Silk of the Buyid Period.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 43, no. 2, 1956, pp. 19–22.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 19-22; Reproduced: p. 21 (detail of inscription)
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142101
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. 675
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n124
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. 22-23, cat. no. 11
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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. 215
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n239
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. 215
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n239
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. 271
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n291
Bloom, Jonathan M. “Facts and Fantasy in Buyid Art.” Oriente Moderno 23 (84), no. 2 (2004): 387–400.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 387-400; Reproduced: fig. 7, p. 400
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25817939
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IMAGES
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