id:			148835
accession number:	1976.76
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.76
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:40.149000

Silk fragments, 1000s-1100s. Syria. Samite: silk; overall: 97.8 x 56.5 cm (38 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.76

title:				Silk fragments
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creation date:			1000s-1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Syria
technique:	samite: silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 97.8 x 56.5 cm (38 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	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).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	CMA Bulletin, "Year in Review for 1976," LXIV (Feb. 1977) p. 78, no. 130.
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	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 150, fig. 4.21; Mentioned: P. 33, 148, 154-5, 202
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	Winter, Meredyth Lynn. "Put a Bird on It: What an Aviary Preoccupation Reveals about Medieval Silks."<em> The Textile Museum Journal </em>45 (2018): 60-83.
	page number: 	Reproduced: . p. 64, fig. 3
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