id:			166196
accession number:	2008.146
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.146
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:09.298000

Brocaded velvet cover with sunbursts, early 1600s. Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa. Velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton; overall: 180.7 x 128.3 cm (71 1/8 x 50 1/2 in.); mounted: 185.4 x 134 cm (73 x 52 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2008.146

title:				Brocaded velvet cover with sunbursts
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creation date:			early 1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1630
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
technique:	velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 180.7 x 128.3 cm (71 1/8 x 50 1/2 in.); Mounted: 185.4 x 134 cm (73 x 52 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
	opening date:   2013-05-14T04:00:00
	<i>Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2016-12-21T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 21, 2016-December 4, 2017).

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CITATIONS

	Electronic Calogue: Francesca Galloway; Asian Textiles, I., 7th October to 12th November 2008, pp. 10-11.
	page number: 	10-11
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 53 no. 03, May/June 2013
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-03/page/10

	Highet, Juliet. "Silks from Islamic Lands." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 17, issue 5 (March 2014):16-18.
	page number: 	18
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	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 8, 300-301, fig. 8.17; Mentioned: P. 294, 302
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