Textile Fragment with a Lozenge Design and Camels

Maker: Unknown

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12th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silk; compound weave

Dimensions

17 × 9 1/2 in. (43.2 × 24.1 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1940.41

Geography

Iran

Culture

Iranian/Persian, Islamic

Period

Seljuk period (1037–1194)

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977) Collection, 1936; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2037, vol. 3, fig. 659
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

fragments, textiles

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