The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Silk Fragment

1350–1399

Iran or Iraq, mid or 2nd half of 14th century

tabby weave with supplementary weft; silk
Overall: 11.5 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1943.51
Location: Not on view
  • Church of Saint Ursula, Cologne.
  • Underhill, Gertrude. "Gifts of the Textile Arts Club." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 3 (March 1946): 24-26. Reproduced: p. 23; Mentioned: p. 24 www.jstor.org
    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. 34
    Wardwell, A. (1987). Flight of the Phoenix: Crosscurrents in Late Thirteenth- to Fourteenth-Century Silk Patterns and Motifs. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 74(1), 2-35. p. 2-35, fig. 18 www.jstor.org
  • The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 21-December 30, 1984).
    Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
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