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Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Fragment of an Embroidery

1100s

Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period, 12 century A.D.

embroidery in silk and gold filé on mulham tabby ground
Overall: 6.3 x 19.7 cm (2 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.560
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1950
    (Dr. Emil Delmar, Budapest, Hungary, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1950–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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