Textile with field of poppies on a golden ground
1600–1750
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Textile with field of poppies on a golden ground, 1600–1750. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Twill weave with supplementary weft, stamped: silk and gilt-metal thread; overall: 85.7 x 71.1 cm (33 3/4 x 28 in.); mounted: 92.7 x 78.7 cm (36 1/2 x 31 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.22
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- twill weave with supplementary weft, stamped: silk and gilt-metal thread
- Medium
- twill, weave, supplementary, weft, stamped, silk, gilt-metal, thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 85.7 x 71.1 cm (33 3/4 x 28 in.); Mounted: 92.7 x 78.7 cm (36 1/2 x 31 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1926.22
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Art: The International Language, Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900, Art and Stories from Mughal India
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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