id: 171606
accession number: 2014.388
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.388
updated: 2025-02-09 07:15:24.025000
Royal Round Tent Made for Muhammad Shah, 1834–48. Iran, Rasht, Qajar period (1779-1925). Interior: wool: plain weave, inlaid work; silk: embroidery, chain stitch; tape, leather; Exterior: cotton, wool: plain weave; rope, iron ring; overall: 360 x 400 x 400.1 cm (141 3/4 x 157 1/2 x 157 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2014.388
title: Royal Round Tent Made for Muhammad Shah
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 1834–48
creation date earliest: 1834
creation date latest: 1848
current location:
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:
---
culture: Iran, Rasht, Qajar period (1779-1925)
technique: Interior: wool: plain weave, inlaid work; silk: embroidery, chain stitch; tape, leather; Exterior: cotton, wool: plain weave; rope, iron ring
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
---
CREATORS
---
measurements: Overall: 360 x 400 x 400.1 cm (141 3/4 x 157 1/2 x 157 1/2 in.)
state of the work:
edition of the work:
support materials:
inscriptions:
inscription: Inscriptions: The central design unit of panel 2014.388.2 and 2014.388.4 has two embroidered inscriptions.
1. Upper inscription (center of the top blossom):
"Muhammad shah sultan-e ghazi."
translation:
remark:
inscription: 2. Lower inscription (on the base of the vase):
"Kamtarin bandeh-ye dargah fath'ali."
translation:
remark:
---
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent
opening date: 2015-07-13T04:00:00
Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13, 2015-August 23, 2016).
---
LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
---
PROVENANCE
Mehdi Mahboubian [1921-2005], Oxfordshire, UK
date: by early 1980s-1991?
footnotes:
citations:
(Sotheby's, London, sale 24 April 1991, lot 12)
date: April 24, 1991
footnotes:
*
One lot for two Qajar tents, the round Cleveland tent and a somewhat earlier rectangular tent.
citations:
Private Collection, consigned to Francesca Galloway, Ltd.
date: after 1991
footnotes:
citations:
(Francesca Galloway, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-2014
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2014-
footnotes:
citations:
---
fun fact:
digital description:
wall description:
---
RELATED WORKS
---
CITATIONS
"The Shahs' Tents" with articles by Toby Falk "Royalty in the Field," Jennifer Wearden "Rasht Textiles," and Ian Bennet "A Qajar Masterpiece." HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles 59 (October 1991), pp.118-123.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 118-123
url:
Sotheby's London. European and Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles. 24 April 1991 sale.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: lot 12, pp. 12-13
url:
Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. 1995.
page number: p. 138-39
url:
Atasoy, Nurhan. Otağ-ı Hümayun: Ottoman imperial tent complex. İstanbul: Aygaz, 2000.
page number:
url:
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 8, 392-393, fig. 9.55; Mentioned: P. 226, 391, 392, 395
url:
"The Shah's Tent." HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles 185 (Autumn 2015): 94-95.
page number: Reproduced: figs. 1-4, pp. 94-95
url:
Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 70-71
url:
Mackie, Louise. “Acquisitions 2015.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 20-21.
page number: Reproduced: p. 20-21; Mentioned: p. 21.
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-02
“Talks, Classes, and Experiences: Pitching the Royal Tent.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 42-43.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 42.
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-02
"August calendar." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 56, no. 4 (July/August 2016): 14b-14c.
page number: Reproduced: p. 14b.
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-04
Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 102-103, no. 21; mentioned: P. 93
url:
---
IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.388/2014.388_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.388/2014.388_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2014.388/2014.388_full.tif