Cloth of gold with felines and eagles
1225–75
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Cloth of gold with felines and eagles, 1225–75. Northeast Iran. Silk and gold thread: lampas; overall: 170.5 x 109 cm (67 1/8 x 42 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1990.2 Mongol cloths of gold, called nasji, incorporate Iranian, Central Asian, and Chinese features, reflecting the effects of gift exchanges and international commerce.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gold thread: lampas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 170.5 x 109 cm (67 1/8 x 42 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1990.2
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions, When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art, Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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