Fragment with Inscription

Description

Two double rows of inscription run in the warp direction of the textile, the dark lettering oriented at right angles to the warp. In the center is a floral medallion with pendants. The design is woven in golden brown, gray brown, and dark blue-green (all now faded) against a dark golden tan ground. Both selvages are preserved.

Provenance

(Nassiri Amini, Tehran, Iran, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1968); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1968-)

Fragment with Inscription

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before 1968

Accession Number

1968.232

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 69.8 x 55.3 cm (27 1/2 x 21 3/4 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund