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Dec 8, 2009

Silk Fragments with Palmette Blossoms

700s

Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period

(750–1258)

Silk: complementary weft-faced twill with inner warps (samit)

Overall: 22.5 x 29.5 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.); Mounted: 27.9 x 34.9 cm (11 x 13 3/4 in.)

Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1951.91

Location

not on view

Description

The stunning pattern of palmettes within diamond-shaped compartments is still visible in this rare four-color silk, despite its fragile state. Small human faces within circles appear at the points of the diamonds.

Provenance

reportedly acquired in Egypt; (Mme. Paul Mallon, Paris).

Citations

Wardwell, Anne E. Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, 1934-1984 : [Exhibition] 21 November-30 December 1984, the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1984. p. 15

Baker, Patricia L. Islamic Textiles. 1995. p. 38 (reconstruction drawing)

Williams, Elizabeth Dospěl. "Textile Aesthetics." In Woven Interiors: Furnishing Early Medieval Egypt, 96-99. Washington: The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, 2019. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 97-98, fig. 34

Exhibition history

Gallery 210 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 23, 2001-October 27, 2002).

Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).

Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

Byzantine Gallery 210 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 2001-October 15, 2002).

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Egypt or Syria, Umayyad period (661–750) or Abbasid period

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