id:			157123
accession number:	1993.253
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.253
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:51.689000

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 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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wall description:
Designs of repeated ogives were popular in Central Asia and survive in a number of variations. Usually, the ogival frame encloses a floral motif, as in this example. Sometimes paired animals occur instead. Silks with this type of pattern were exported to Western Asia and to Europe, where they inspired textile designs woven locally. Mongol silks with exotic floral and animal patterns were acquired for use as clothing and furnishings by the clergy and nobility. They were also used by painters as models for hangings or garments.
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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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