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Source Description
Neither the design nor the technique of this silk provides clues to whether it was woven in Iran or Syria. As Iran and Iraq fell to the Mongol armies during the second quarter of the 1200s, many artisans fled to Syria, taking with them the techniques and patterns with which they were familiar. The inscriptions are purely decorative.
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Document identity
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118470
label
Fragment with peacocks in ogival pattern
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118470
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object
title
Fragment with peacocks in ogival pattern
description
Neither the design nor the technique of this silk provides clues to whether it was woven in Iran or Syria. As Iran and Iraq fell to the Mongol armies during the second quarter of the 1200s, many artisans fled to Syria, taking with them the techniques and patterns with which they were familiar. The inscriptions are purely decorative.
date
1004–1260 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80013306
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 24.1 x 22.9 cm (9 1/2 x 9 in.)
cul
Iran or Iraq, possibly Rayy
accession
1939.506
Source extras
tec
Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft
tombstone
Fragment with peacocks in ogival pattern, 1004–1260 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). Iran or Iraq, possibly Rayy. Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft; overall: 24.1 x 22.9 cm (9 1/2 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.506
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
Pseudo-Arabic decorative inscriptions
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1
citations
citation
Weibel, Adèle Coulin. <em>Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East</em>. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
page_number
no. 102, p. 108
citation
Lemberg, Mechthild. “The Buyid Silks of the Abegg Foundation, Berne.” <em>Bulletin du CIETA. Centre international d'étude des textiles anciens</em>. No. 37 1973 – I. p. 11–54
page_number
p. 45, no. 51
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "Medieval Persian Silks in Fact and Fancy: A Refutation of the Riggisberg Report". <em>Bulletin Du CIETA, Centre International D'étude Des Textiles Anciens</em> (1974) 39–40.
page_number
Reproduced: fig. 49 b-c, p. 13, 18
citation
Blair, Sheila S., Jonathan M. Bloom, and Anne E. Wardwell. "Reevaluating the Date of the "Buyid" Silks by Epigraphic and Radiocarbon Analysis." <em>Ars Orientalis</em> 22 (1992): 1–41.
page_number
Reproduced: p 29; Mentioned: p. 15
citation
Baker, Patricia L. <em>Islamic Textiles</em>. London: British Museum Press, 1995.
page_number
p. 45
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 37, fig. 1.20d, p. 152, fig. 4.24; Mentioned: pp. 33, 151, 215
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:07:47.785000
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118470
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: plain weave with supplementary weft
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