The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Fragment with headless eagle

700s

Iran, Iraq, or Syria

Samite: wool and cotton

Overall: 15.5 x 21 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.267

Location

not on view

Provenance
(Mrs. Paul Mallon).
Citations
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P. 52, fig. 2.12; Mentioned: P. 51
Exhibition history

CMA: "Year in Review for 1982," January 5-February 6, 1983, not exhibited.

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.267