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The shimmering gold of the tiny scattered leaves in this silk perfectly suited the taste of the Mongol court. Showing no Chinese or eastern Iranian influence, this type of pattern appears to have been indigenous to eastern Central Asia. The closest parallels to the tiny leaves densely strewn across the surface are found among the silk tapestries of the Uyghurs.
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152509
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Textile with Tiny Leaves
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152509
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Textile with Tiny Leaves
description
The shimmering gold of the tiny scattered leaves in this silk perfectly suited the taste of the Mongol court. Showing no Chinese or eastern Iranian influence, this type of pattern appears to have been indigenous to eastern Central Asia. The closest parallels to the tiny leaves densely strewn across the surface are found among the silk tapestries of the Uyghurs.
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1275–1350
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Q60761059
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Textile
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Overall: 14.5 x 15.5 cm (5 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.); Mounted: 30.5 x 33.7 cm (12 x 13 1/4 in.)
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Central Asia, Il-khanid (Mongol) period
accession
1985.33
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Silk and gold thread; tabby with supplementary weft
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Textile with Tiny Leaves, 1275–1350. Central Asia, Il-khanid (Mongol) period. Silk and gold thread; tabby with supplementary weft; overall: 14.5 x 15.5 cm (5 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.); mounted: 30.5 x 33.7 cm (12 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1985.33
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Textiles
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1985." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 163, p. 69
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. "Flight of the Phoenix: Crosscurrents in Late Thirteenth- to Fourteenth-Century Silk Patterns and Motifs." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 1 (January 1987): 2–35.
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Reproduced: fig. 7
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. "Panni Tartarici: Eastern Islamic Silks Woven with Gold and Silver (13th and 14th Centuries)." In <em>Islamic Art III, </em>95-173. New York: The Islamic Art Foundation, 1989.
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Mentioned: pp. 95–173; Reproduced: Fig. 3
citation
Indictor, N., R. J. Koestler, M. Wypyski, and A. E. Wardwell. "Metal Threads Made of Proteinaceous Substrates Examined by Scanning Electron Microscopy: Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry." <em>Studies in Conservation</em> 34, no. 4 (1989).
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pp. 171–182
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doi:10.2307/1506284.
citation
Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 38, p. 148
citation
Rosati, Maria Ludovica. <em>Il parato di Benedetto XI: storia di un tesoro</em>. Genova: Fondazione Bruschettini per l'arte islamica e asiatica; Milano: Dario Cimorelli editore, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 114; Reproduced: p. 111, fig. 10
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Dudley P. Allen Fund
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2026-05-29 07:53:37.651000
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152509
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk and gold thread; tabby with supplementary weft
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