Collection Online as of January 25, 2022
1000s-1100s
Silk: soumak, or twisted tapestry
Overall: 20 x 22.6 cm (7 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.47
Description The fragment preserves a winged quadruped in blue on a gray-beige background with the details of the animal in the ground color. Below the animal are foliate sprigs in blue.
Provenance ?-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
Citations
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: pp. 143, 146
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 684
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Woven Treasures of Persian Art; Persian Textiles from the 6th to the 19th Century . Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1959. Mentioned: p. 26, cat. no. 22; Reproduced: p. 36, cat. no. 22
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 216
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 216
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Exhibition history
Woven Treasures of Persian Art . Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).
