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Collection Online as of March 25, 2023

Sleeve with rose bushes and butterflies

early 1600s

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Iran, Safavid period

(1501–1722)

Taqueté ground with twill pattern, brocaded: silk and gilt-metal thread

Overall: 26 x 46.5 cm (10 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.744

Location

not on view

Provenance
(Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair, Chicago).
Citations
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. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 380, fig. 9.39
Exhibition history

2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

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