Fragment with gold leaf lions
1000s - 1100s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment with gold leaf lions, 1000s - 1100s. Iran or Iraq, Seljuk period. Plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); block printed and gold leaf; overall: 32.1 x 40 cm (12 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.558
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); block printed and gold leaf
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32.1 x 40 cm (12 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: This textile belongs to a small group of printed and/or painted textiles made in Iran and Iraq during the 11th - 12th centuries. The design was printed on "mulham" (cloth having silk warps and cotton wefts) using several wooden blocks that were applied in at least seven steps. The lions, a popular motif in Seljuk art, are very similar to the lion incense burner exhibited in the case next to the carpet. Their long toes, typical of lions in works of art made in the eastern parts of Iran, suggest that this printed textile may have been made in the province of Khurasan.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1950.558
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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