id:			159534
accession number:	1996.297
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.297
updated:		2024-04-17 17:15:19.924000

Cloth of Gold: Displayed Falcons, mid-1200s. Central Asia. Silk and gold thread, lampas; overall: 57.5 x 18.4 cm (22 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.); mounted: 67.9 x 29.8 cm (26 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1996.297

title:				Cloth of Gold: Displayed Falcons
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creation date:			mid-1200s
creation date earliest:		1240
creation date latest:		1260
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Central Asia
technique:	Silk and gold thread, lampas
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 57.5 x 18.4 cm (22 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.); Mounted: 67.9 x 29.8 cm (26 3/4 x 11 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).

	title:		The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty
	opening date:   2010-09-20T00:00:00
	<i>The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 20, 2010-January 2, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Robert Tevis, Atherton, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1996
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Renaissance Armor, Early Islamic Ceramic, French Vase, Gleitsman Painting Added to Museum Collection,” December 13, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4085

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 144-145, color reproduction, p. 145; detail reproduction figure 51, p. 128
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	Watt, James C. Y., and Maxwell K. Hearn. <em>The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.
	page number: 	fig. 8, p. 8
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