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Embroidered fragment with bird among vines

Embroidered fragment with bird among vines

1100s
plain weave: silk warp and cotton weft (mulham); embroidery, couched and split stitches: silk and metallic thread
Overall: 7.3 x 21.6 cm (2 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.533
Location: not on view
  • (Dr. Emil Delmar, Budapest and New York).
  • Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Two Islamic Embroideries in Gold on ‘Mulham.’” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40, no. 8 (1953). p. 189–191 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 689 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 214 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 214 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 270 archive.org
    Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P.160, fig. 4.32; Mentioned: P. 158
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