id:			157123
accession number:	1993.253
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.253
updated:		2024-03-26 02:41:05.677000

Textile with Palmettes, 1200s–1300s. Central Asia, Mongol period, 13th - 14th century. Silk and gold thread; tabby with supplementary weft; overall: 85.5 x 35 cm (33 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.253

title:				Textile with Palmettes
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creation date:			1200s–1300s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Central Asia, Mongol period, 13th - 14th century
technique:	Silk and gold thread; tabby with supplementary weft
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 85.5 x 35 cm (33 11/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Loewi - Robertson, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1993
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1993–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 46, pp. 160–161
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	Shea, Eiren. "The Spread of Gold Thread Production in the Mongol Period: A Study of Gold Textiles in the China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou." J<em>ournal of Song-Yuan Studies</em> 50 (2021).
	page number: 	p. 381-415, illus. p. 366-72.
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