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Fragment
before 1952
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Large roundels with pearl borders enclose eight palmette trees radiating from a central abstract floral motif. The large roundels are linked to each other along their vertical and horizontal axes by small roundels, also having pearl borders, that enclose a square and four crescents. Between these links, the large roundels are interrupted by small roundels enclosing single recumbent ibexes. The pattern, which is completely reversible, appears in tan on a dark blue background, or vice versa.
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Details
- Title: Fragment
- Date Created: before 1952
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 43.8 x 36.8 cm (17 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Originally reported as having been found in Bibi Shahr Banu, near Rayy, Iran, (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.83
- Medium: Silk: compound tabby
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Accession Number: 1952.83
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