id:			153407
accession number:	1986.90
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.90
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:00.073000

Roundels with camels bearing howdahs, 900s–1000s. Syria (?), 900s - 1000s. Silk: plain weave variation with supplementary weft; overall: 78.8 x 48.6 cm (31 x 19 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1986.90

title:				Roundels with camels bearing howdahs
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creation date:			900s–1000s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		1100
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Syria (?), 900s - 1000s
technique:	silk: plain weave variation with supplementary weft
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 78.8 x 48.6 cm (31 x 19 1/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	al-mulk lillah (Dominion belongs to God)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

	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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], Paris, France
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	(Goumaronart, Inc. sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
	date: ?–1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1986–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (1987): 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 74, no. 197
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159974

	Wilckens, Leonie von. <em>Die textilen Künste: von der Spätantike bis um 1500</em>. München: C.H. Beck, 1991.
	page number: 	no. 62, p. 64
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	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland, OH; New Haven, CT: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 137, fig. 4.5; Mentioned: p. 136
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