Medallions with confronting peacocks

Description

This textile preserves six ovals aligned in two vertical columns; the top two ovals are fragmentary. Columns are separated by two guard lines that are interrupted by smaller vertical almond-shaped motifs; these are tangent to the large ovals at the widest point. Each large oval, bordered by a band of floriated Kufic, has a central ogival medallion, also bordered with floriated Kufic, with palmettes at each end. The medallions are placed on a ground of white on white with small aligned circles. Interspaces between large ovals are filled with pairs of opposed palmette trees flanked at each end with confronting birds in flight.

Provenance

Paul [1884–1975] and Marguerite Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?-1968); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1968-)

Medallions with confronting peacocks

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1660–1955 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

Accession Number

1968.73

Medium

Silk: lampas weave

Dimensions

Overall: 59 x 57.4 cm (23 1/4 x 22 5/8 in.)

Classification

Textile

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallon