id:			167541
accession number:	2009.282
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.282
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:17.370000

Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents, 1525–75. Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa. Velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton; overall: 138.4 x 65.4 cm (54 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); mounted: 134.6 x 63.5 cm (53 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2009.282

title:				Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents
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creation date:			1525–75
creation date earliest:		1525
creation date latest:		1575
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade 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:		Velvet
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measurements: Overall: 138.4 x 65.4 cm (54 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); Mounted: 134.6 x 63.5 cm (53 x 25 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2012-12-03T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 3, 2012-December 9, 2013).

	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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Probably acquired from Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York (c. 1910); Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, by descent to his great-grandson Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild, Geneva (Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (1845-1934) married Adelheid von Rothschild in 1877. Their son lived at Waddesdon Manor, England: James Armand Edmond de Rothschild (1878-1957) married Dorothy Mathilde Pinto (1896-1988) in 1913. Their son Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957), married Noémie Halphen (1888-1968) in 1909. Their son Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926-1997), second marriage to Nadine L'Hopitalier (1932-) in 1963. Their son, Benjamin de Rothschild (1963-), is President of Groupe LCF); Colnaghi, London, 1977; The Textile Gallery, London, 1977; Wher Collection, to Jan 1986.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: Frontspiece, P. 37, 292-293, fig. 8.12; Mentioned: P. 294
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	Rustem, Unver. "From Auspicious Ornament to State Symbol: The Crescent Moon in Ottoman Art and Architecture." In <em>The Moon: A Voyage through Time.</em> Christiane Gruber, ed. Toronto, Ontario: Aga Khan Museum, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 46, fig. 2
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