id:			171606
accession number:	2014.388
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2014.388
updated:		2024-07-26 14:15:28.630000

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:				
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creation date:			1834–48
creation date earliest:		1834
creation date latest:		1848
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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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
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 360 x 400 x 400.1 cm (141 3/4 x 157 1/2 x 157 1/2 in.)
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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:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent
	opening date:   2015-07-13T04:00:00
	<i>Muhammad Shah's Royal Persian Tent</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13, 2015-August 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mehdi Mahboubian [1921-2005], Oxfordshire, UK
	date: by early 1980s-1991?
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	(Sotheby's, London, sale 24 April 1991, lot 12)
	date: April 24, 1991
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			* <div><!--block-->One lot for two Qajar tents, the round Cleveland tent and a somewhat earlier rectangular tent.</div>
			
			
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	Private Collection, consigned to Francesca Galloway, Ltd.
	date: after 1991
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	(Francesca Galloway, Ltd., London, UK, 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

	"The Shahs' Tents" with articles by Toby Falk "Royalty in the Field," Jennifer Wearden "Rasht Textiles," and Ian Bennet "A Qajar Masterpiece." <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles</em> 59 (October 1991), pp.118-123.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 118-123
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	Sotheby's London. <em>European and Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles</em>. 24 April 1991 sale.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: lot 12, pp. 12-13
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	Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. 1995.
	page number: 	p. 138-39
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	Atasoy, Nurhan. Otağ-ı Hümayun: Ottoman imperial tent complex. İstanbul: Aygaz, 2000.
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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, 392-393, fig. 9.55; Mentioned: P. 226, 391, 392, 395
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	"The Shah's Tent." <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles</em> 185 (Autumn 2015): 94-95.
	page number: 	Reproduced: figs. 1-4, pp. 94-95
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 70-71
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	Mackie, Louise. “Acquisitions 2015.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016):20-21.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 20-21; Mentioned: p. 21.
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	Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Burlington Magazine </em>163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 102-103, no. 21; mentioned: P. 93
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