Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe
mid-1500s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment with falconer and attendant in animated lattice, from a robe, mid-1500s. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period. Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread; overall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.239
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Velvet
- Formatted Medium
- Silk: velvet, brocaded, pile-warp substitution; gilt-metal thread
- Medium
- silk, velvet, brocaded, pile-warp, substitution, gilt-metal, thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 79.4 x 66.7 cm (31 1/4 x 26 1/4 in.); Mounted: 89.5 x 74.9 cm (35 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1944.239
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 2000 Years of Silk Weaving, For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Lost Cities, Arts of Islam, Symposium on Falconry, Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576, Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900, <em>Lost Cities</em>. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (March 20-May 20, 1960)., <em>7000 Ans d'Art en Iran</em>. Petit Palais, Paris, France (October 1961-January 1962)., <em>The Arts of Islam</em>. The Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (April 8-July 4, 1976)., <em>Falconry [in Islamic Art], held in connection with the International Symposium of Falconry</em>. Abu Dhabi (December 12-?, 1976).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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