id:			157590
accession number:	1995.109.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.109.2
updated:		2025-02-09 05:01:25.758000

Headpiece, 907–1125. China, Liao dynasty (907-1125). Embroidery, silk; overall: 21.8 x 34.9 cm (8 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Lisbet Holmes 1995.109.2

title:				Headpiece
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creation date:			907–1125
creation date earliest:		907
creation date latest:		1125
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creditline:			Gift of Lisbet Holmes
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culture:	China, Liao dynasty (907-1125)
technique:	embroidery, silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 21.8 x 34.9 cm (8 9/16 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Watt, James C. Y, Anne E Wardwell, Anne E Wardwell, Morris Rossabi, Cleveland Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Morris Rossabi, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). <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: P. 180-181, no. 52
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	Zhao, Feng. "The Chronological Development of Needlelooping Embroidery." <em>Orientations</em> 31, no. 2 (February 2000). Hongkong: Pacific Communications, 1970.
	page number: 	p. 44-53
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	Vollmer, John, Thierry Prat, and Richard Sheppard. <em>Silks for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles: from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty</em>. Paris: Myrna Myers, 2003.
	page number: 	P. 26-7
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	Rosati, Maria Ludovica. Il parato di Benedetto XI: storia di un tesoro. Genova : Fondazione Bruschettini per l'arte islamica e asiatica ; Milano : Dario Cimorelli editore, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 118; reproduced: p. 115, fig. 17
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