id:			171307
accession number:	2014.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.13
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:39.199000

Embroidered Armenian liturgical curtain, 1763. Turkey, Constantinople/Istanbul, Ottoman period (1299–1922). Twill weave: wool; embroidery, chain stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread; overall: 183 x 119.4 cm (72 1/16 x 47 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2014.13

title:				Embroidered Armenian liturgical curtain
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creation date:			1763
creation date earliest:		1763
creation date latest:		1763
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Turkey, Constantinople/Istanbul, Ottoman period (1299–1922)
technique:	twill weave: wool; embroidery, chain stitch: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 183 x 119.4 cm (72 1/16 x 47 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscription embroidered in erkatagir script with metal thread reads: 
"This curtain (varakouyr) is in memory of the people of Hassan Pasha Khan who gave it to the Monastery (vank) of Saint John the Baptist (Surp Garabed) on the Armenian date 10 May 1212 (1763 AD)."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Floral Delight: Textiles from Islamic Lands
	opening date:   2014-07-09T04:00:00
	<i>Floral Delight: Textiles from Islamic Lands</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 9, 2014-May 4, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Francesca Galloway, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–2014
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2014–
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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: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 330–331, fig. 8.49
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