Lampas with scenes of wild animals
late 1500s-early 1600s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Lampas with scenes of wild animals, late 1500s-early 1600s. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded; overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.38
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas, brocaded
- Medium
- silk, gilt-metal, thread, lampas, brocaded
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55.4 x 28.5 cm (21 13/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1939.38
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- For Modern America from the Ancient Near East, Islamic Art, <em>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944); Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 12-June 4, 1944); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 9-February 29, 1944)., <em>Woven Treasures of Persian Art</em>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959), <em>Islamic Art Across the World</em>. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN (June 18-October 1, 1970).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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