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Source Description
Silk of double cloth weave with design of lengthwise bands of ornament between bands of inscription.
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Document identity
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116641
label
Silk fragment
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
116641
contentType
object
title
Silk fragment
description
Silk of double cloth weave with design of lengthwise bands of ornament between bands of inscription.
date
1100s
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60748384
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 36.8 x 23.5 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.); Mounted: 47 x 33.7 cm (18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.)
cul
Egypt or Iran, Ayyubid period, 1100s
accession
1937.23
Source extras
tec
lampas: silk
tombstone
Silk fragment, 1100s. Egypt or Iran, Ayyubid period, 1100s. Lampas: silk; overall: 36.8 x 23.5 cm (14 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.); mounted: 47 x 33.7 cm (18 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1937.23
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
Design of lengthwise bands of ornament between bands of inscription which duplicate each other and read: "To owner victory and kingdom."
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citations
citation
Pope, Arthur Upham, Phyllis Ackerman, and Theodore Bestermann. <em>A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present</em>. London: Oxford University Press, 1938. v. III
page_number
no. 29, pp. 2012, 2035, fig. 647
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Two Early Iranian Silks." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 25, no. 3 (March 1938).
page_number
pp. 42–45
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25137913
citation
Los Angeles County Museum. <em>2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts</em>. New York: E. Weyhe, 1944.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 7, pl. 15
citation
Los Angeles County Museum. <em>2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts</em>. New York: E. Weyhe, 1944.
page_number
no. 52, pl. 15
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. 111
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 688
citation
Jairazbhoy, R. A. <em>Oriental Influences in Western Art</em>. New York: Asia Pub. House, 1965.
page_number
Reproduced: pl. 72
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 214
citation
Wehrahn-Stauch, L. "Animal Motifs on Fabrics [Animaux d l'Ancient Orient, Le Cahiers CIBA]," <em>CIBA Review</em> (1967), p. 12, pl. 5.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 214
citation
Ettinghausen, Richard. <em>From Byzantium to Sasanian Iran and the Islamic World; Three Modes of Artistic Influence</em>. Leiden: Brill, 1972.
page_number
Reproduced: pl. XVI, fig. 56
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. 149, fig. 4.20; Mentioned: pp. 33,147, 148, 204, 215
citation
Mühlemann, Corinne. <em>Complex Weaves: Technique, Text, and Cultural History of Striped Silks</em>. Affalterbach: Didymos-Verlag, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 49–50, fig. 16
creditline
Dudley P. Allen Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:04:29.853000
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116641
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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lampas: silk
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