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accession number:	2014.388.1
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Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (Roof), 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 2014.388.1

title:				Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (Roof)
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creation date:			1834–48
creation date earliest:		1834
creation date latest:		1848
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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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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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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)
	date: April 24, 1991
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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.
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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, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 392-393
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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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