The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Fragment

Fragment

before 1952
(945–1055)
Silk: compound tabby
Overall: 43.8 x 36.8 cm (17 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.83
Location: not on view

Description

Large roundels with pearl borders enclose eight palmette trees radiating from a central abstract floral motif. The large roundels are linked to each other along their vertical and horizontal axes by small roundels, also having pearl borders, that enclose a square and four crescents. Between these links, the large roundels are interrupted by small roundels enclosing single recumbent ibexes. The pattern, which is completely reversible, appears in tan on a dark blue background, or vice versa.
  • Originally reported as having been found in Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran
    ?-1952
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 678 archive.org
    Lemberg, Mechthild. 1973. “The Buyid Silks of the Abegg Foundation, Berne.” Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens. No. 37 1973 – I. p. 11-54 p. 52, no. 1105
  • Persian Art: Before and After the Mongol Conquest. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (April 6–May 17, 1959).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment|url=false|author=|year=before 1952|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.83