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Lampas with scenes of wild animals

Lampas with scenes of wild animals

late 1500s-early 1600s
(1501–1722)
Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded
Overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.38
Location: not on view

Description

Amidst small floral motifs, deer, and antelopes, cheetahs in one row attack deer, while in the alternating row lions seize wild asses.
  • ?-1939
    H. [Herman] A. Elsberg [1869–1938], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1939-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. London: Oxford University Press, 1938. Vol. VI, Pl. 1041
    Underhill, Gertrude. “Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 26, no. 9, 1939, pp. 143–146. Mentioned: p. 146 www.jstor.org
    Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952. Reproduced: pl. 64
    Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959. Mentioned: p. 35, cat. no. 55
    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. 349-350, fig. 9.8
  • Islamic Art Across the World. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 18-October 1, 1970).
    Islamic Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (organizer) (June 15-October 1, 1970).
    Woven Treasures of Persian Art. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959)
    For Modern America from the Ancient Near East. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-March 21, 1948).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944); Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 12-June 4, 1944); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 9-February 29, 1944).
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