id:			154198
accession number:	1988.243
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.243
updated:		2025-02-09 04:32:03.405000

Carpet Fragment, late 1800s–early 1900s. Iran, Rayy. Silk: knotted pile; overall: 61 x 37.5 cm (24 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Milton Girod 1988.243

title:				Carpet Fragment
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creation date:			late 1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1884
creation date latest:		1928
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creditline:			Gift of Milton Girod
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culture:	Iran, Rayy
technique:	Silk: knotted pile
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Carpet
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measurements: Overall: 61 x 37.5 cm (24 x 14 3/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, sold to George Hewitt Myers)
	date: ?–before 1928
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	George Hewitt Myers [1875–1957], Washington, DC, returned to Paul Mallon
	date: by 1928–1947
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			* <div><!--block-->George Hewitt Myers (1875–1957) was a well-known carpet and textile collector in the 1920s. He was also the founder and benefactor of The Textile Museum in Washington, DC (now the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum).</div>
			
			
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	Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, given to his stepson Milton Girod?
	date: 1947–1975
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	Milton Girod [1922–2011], La Jaille Chahaignes-sur-Loir, Sarthe, France, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1975?–1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Koechlin, Raymond, Gaston Migeon, and Florence Heywood. <em>Oriental Art; Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets; One Hundred Plates in Colour</em>. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., n.d. [1928].
	page number: 	Reproduced: color plate LXXXII
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	"The Year in Review for 1988." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 76, no. 2 (1989): 30-75. Accessed May 25, 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 73, no. 191
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25160061.

	Smith, Gregory D., Joan M. Esson, Victor J. Chen, Robin M. Hanson. “Forensic dye analysis in cultural heritage: Unraveling the authenticity of the earliest Persian knotted-pile silk carpet.” <em>Forensic Science International: Synergy</em>, Volume 3, 2021, 100130, ISSN 2589-871X,
	page number: 	pp. 1–10
	url:		http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X20300681

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