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Source Description
On this textile fragment, a pair of phoenixes, affronted and nonregardant, flanking a floral motif are framed in an ogive formed by a vine with trifoliate leaves. This, in turn, is framed with a scrolling vine with leaves and pairs of small birds. The design is in Cyprian gold on a coral ground.
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Document identity
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124366
label
Fragment
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object
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1
Source metadata
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124366
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object
title
Fragment
description
On this textile fragment, a pair of phoenixes, affronted and nonregardant, flanking a floral motif are framed in an ogive formed by a vine with trifoliate leaves. This, in turn, is framed with a scrolling vine with leaves and pairs of small birds. The design is in Cyprian gold on a coral ground.
date
1300s
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79902203
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 26.7 x 14 cm (10 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Iran or Iraq ?, Mongol period, 14th century
accession
1945.34
Source extras
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Silk and gold thread; lampas
tombstone
Fragment, 1300s. Iran or Iraq ?, Mongol period, 14th century. Silk and gold thread; lampas; overall: 26.7 x 14 cm (10 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1945.34
collection
T - Islamic
citations
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.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 2-35, fig. 13
citation
Indictor, Norman, Robert J. (Robert John) Koestler, Christopher Blair, and Anne E. Wardwell. “The Evaluation of Metal Wrappings from Medieval Textiles Using Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive x-Ray Spectrometry.” <em>Textile History</em> 19 (1). 1988.
page_number
p. 3-22
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:24:47.309000
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124366
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk and gold thread; lampas
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1
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0
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photo
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