id: 142308
accession number: 1966.137
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.137
updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:19.588000
Fragments with Eight-Pointed Star (Two Pieces), before 1966. Iran (?). Silk: compound weave; overall: 70.2 x 54.6 cm (27 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg 1966.137
title: Fragments with Eight-Pointed Star (Two Pieces)
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creation date: before 1966
creation date earliest: 1100
creation date latest: 1966
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg
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culture: Iran (?)
technique: Silk: compound weave
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 70.2 x 54.6 cm (27 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1967
opening date: 1967-11-29T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Werner [1903–1984] and Margaret Harrington Daniels Abegg [1901–1999], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1966
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1966-
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In aligned rows and columns, this textile preserves two rows of three eight-pointed stars and fragments of stars on all four sides. Each eight-pointed star has a narrow border of pearls that encloses a 16-pointed star with a border of scrolling foliate motif. The inner star has a design in the upper half that is repeated in mirror image in the lower half; it consists of pair of winged quadrupeds flanking a tree of life. All interstices in both stars are filled with a stylized floral motif. Interspaces are ornamented with a cross of four-directional palmettes.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
“Annual Report for 1966.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 6, 1967, pp. 159–197.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 177-178
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152162
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