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The Iranian love of gardens was celebrated in poetry, yet textile patterns composed of blossoming plants only became fashionable in the 1630s, most likely inspired by European botanical engravings, and they dominated for the next 200 years. This design of composite plants within a curving ogival lattice is typically Iranian in the combination of blossoms with a prominent iris, range of colors, and technique with wefts floating, rather than bound in, across the back. However, the lattice layout framing blossoms were, on a larger scale, a hallmark of Ottoman Turkey.
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95152
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Lampas fragment with blossoms in ogival lattice
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95152
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Lampas fragment with blossoms in ogival lattice
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The Iranian love of gardens was celebrated in poetry, yet textile patterns composed of blossoming plants only became fashionable in the 1630s, most likely inspired by European botanical engravings, and they dominated for the next 200 years. This design of composite plants within a curving ogival lattice is typically Iranian in the combination of blossoms with a prominent iris, range of colors, and technique with wefts floating, rather than bound in, across the back. However, the lattice layout framing blossoms were, on a larger scale, a hallmark of Ottoman Turkey.
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1600s
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en
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Q79476238
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Textile
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Overall: 114.3 x 68.6 cm (45 x 27 in.); Mounted: 123.8 x 77.5 cm (48 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.)
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Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)
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1915.666
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Silk and silver-metal thread: lampas
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Lampas fragment with blossoms in ogival lattice, 1600s. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and silver-metal thread: lampas; overall: 114.3 x 68.6 cm (45 x 27 in.); mounted: 123.8 x 77.5 cm (48 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.666
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T - Islamic
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168.1915
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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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 9.41, p. 382 - 383
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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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2026-05-29 05:05:05.279000
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95152
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk and silver-metal thread: lampas
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