Description

This rectangular fragment has large spade-shaped palmettes filling each corner. The palmettes bear dark blue and red animals and birds on a cream/ivory background. The central dark blue medallion encloses an irregular, inscription-bearing green square. At the top and bottom center is a smaller inscription-bearing square with date palms extending from cardinal points; vertical palms divide the rectangle, and horizontal palms delineate the start of a new repeat wherein palmettes have dark blue background with cream/ivory animal figures.

Provenance

(Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, sold to George Hewitt Myers) (?–before 1928); George Hewitt Myers [1875–1957], Washington, DC, returned to Paul Mallon (by 1928–1947); Paul Mallon [1884–1975], Paris, France, given to his stepson Milton Girod? (1947–1975); Milton Girod [1922–2011], La Jaille Chahaignes-sur-Loir, Sarthe, France, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1975?–1988); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1988–)