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Source Description
On a blue ground is a pattern in white (now faded to cream) and red (now beige) of paired confronted birds repeated in staggered horizontal rows against scrolling foliation.
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Document identity
localId
126296
label
Fragment
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
126296
contentType
object
title
Fragment
description
On a blue ground is a pattern in white (now faded to cream) and red (now beige) of paired confronted birds repeated in staggered horizontal rows against scrolling foliation.
date
before 1948
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79905589
genreSpecific
Textile
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.2 x 33.6 cm (6 x 13 1/4 in.)
cul
Iran, Rayy, late 12th or early 13th century
accession
1948.501
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment, before 1948. Iran, Rayy, late 12th or early 13th century. Silk: lampas weave; overall: 15.2 x 33.6 cm (6 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.501
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
“Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1948.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 36, no. 6, 1949, pp. 111–142.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 117
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141566
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Two Seljuk Silks from Raiy.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 37, no. 1, 1950, pp. 16–12.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 16-17; Reproduced: [unpaginated]
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141602
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:31:56.217000
sourceId
126296
dept
Textiles
coll
T - Islamic
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Silk: lampas weave
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1
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0
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photo
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