The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Fragment from a Large Hanging

800s–1000s

Iran or Iraq, Abbasid period

(750–1258)
Wool and cotton: tapestry
Overall: 29.5 x 33 cm (11 5/8 x 13 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.122
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Opposing pairs of half-acanthus leaves are arranged to form oval compartments enclosing eight-petaled rosettes.
  • Mme Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, and Paris, France
    ?–1983
    (Goumaronart, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1983–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment from a Large Hanging|url=false|author=|year=800s–1000s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.122