Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks

Description

The design consists of aligned ogives in 4-1/2 rows and part or all of 6 columns; each ogive contains a running winged quadruped with an animal head. Floriated motifs emerge from the end of the tail and fill the interstices. The double border consists of an inner band with scrolling vine and an outer band of kufic inscription. Resulting columns of diamond-shaped interspaces are alternately ornamented with squares filled with diaper pattern on a foliate field and a pair of confronting, regardant peacocks flanking a tree of life.

Provenance

Werner [1903–1984] and Margaret Harrington Daniels Abegg [1901–1999], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1966); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1966-)

Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks

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1517–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Accession Number

1966.134

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 69.8 x 49.8 cm (27 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg