Fragment with peacocks and inscription
1000–1100s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment with peacocks and inscription, 1000–1100s. Iraq, probably Baghdad, Seljuq period. Plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched and split stitches: silk, gilt and silver thread; overall: 31.5 x 40.5 cm (12 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.300
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched and split stitches: silk, gilt and silver thread
- Medium
- plain, weave, silk, warp, cotton, weft, mulham, embroidery, couched, split, stitches, gilt, silver, thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 31.5 x 40.5 cm (12 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: [bottom]: ". . . [the Compassionat]te [?]. Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds and the wor[lds?]." [top]: ". . . command and glory and power and good fortune and . . . peace and command and command [one word garbled]."
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1938.300
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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