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Source Description
This rectangular fragment has large spade-shaped palmettes filling each corner. The palmettes bear dark blue and red animals and birds on a cream/ivory background. The central dark blue medallion encloses an irregular, inscription-bearing green square. At the top and bottom center is a smaller inscription-bearing square with date palms extending from cardinal points; vertical palms divide the rectangle, and horizontal palms delineate the start of a new repeat wherein palmettes have dark blue background with cream/ivory animal figures.
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Document identity
localId
154198
label
Carpet Fragment
core
obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
154198
contentType
object
title
Carpet Fragment
description
This rectangular fragment has large spade-shaped palmettes filling each corner. The palmettes bear dark blue and red animals and birds on a cream/ivory background. The central dark blue medallion encloses an irregular, inscription-bearing green square. At the top and bottom center is a smaller inscription-bearing square with date palms extending from cardinal points; vertical palms divide the rectangle, and horizontal palms delineate the start of a new repeat wherein palmettes have dark blue background with cream/ivory animal figures.
date
late 1800s–early 1900s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79940879
genreSpecific
Carpet
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 61 x 37.5 cm (24 x 14 3/4 in.)
cul
Iran, Rayy
accession
1988.243
Source extras
tec
Silk: knotted pile
tombstone
Carpet Fragment, late 1800s–early 1900s. Iran, Rayy. Silk: knotted pile; overall: 61 x 37.5 cm (24 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Milton Girod, 1988.243
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
Koechlin, Raymond, Gaston Migeon, and Florence Heywood. <em>Oriental Art; Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets; One Hundred Plates in Colour</em>. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., n.d. [1928].
page_number
Reproduced: color plate LXXXII
citation
"The Year in Review for 1988." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 76, no. 2 (1989): 30-75. Accessed May 25, 2020.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 73, no. 191
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25160061.
citation
Smith, Gregory D., Joan M. Esson, Victor J. Chen, Robin M. Hanson. “Forensic dye analysis in cultural heritage: Unraveling the authenticity of the earliest Persian knotted-pile silk carpet.” <em>Forensic Science International: Synergy</em>, Volume 3, 2021, 100130, ISSN 2589-871X,
page_number
pp. 1–10
creditline
Gift of Milton Girod
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:58:18.896000
sourceId
154198
dept
Textiles
coll
T - Islamic
med
Silk: knotted pile
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image_url
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1
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0
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photo
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