The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 27, 2023

Fragment

before 1981

Iran, style of the Abbasid period

(750–1258)

Silk: compound tabby

Overall: 37 x 24.6 cm (14 9/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1981.22

Location

not on view

Description

The fragment preserves two oval compartments from a design of linked ovals each containing a recumbent ibex. The ibexes are addorsed linking each compartment to the next is a concentric oval device containing in the center a crescent moon. The design in pale blue, tan, and cream on a deep navy blue ground is oriented at right angles to the warp.

Provenance
?-1981
(Milton Girod [1922-2011], La Jaille Chahaignes-sur-Loir, Sarthe, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1981-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Lemberg, Mechthild. “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. 51, no. 923
Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1981. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.22