Fragments with Griffins in Roundels

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Fragments with Griffins in Roundels

Date
before 1966
Medium
Silk: lampas weave
Culture
Iran or Iraq, in the style of the Seljuq period (1037–1194)
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
142305

From the Cleveland Museum of Art record

This fragment consists of two almost complete roundels in lower right and fragment of third one at the left, plus parts of other roundels. In the roundels are a pair of confronted, winged griffins either side of a "palm" tree. Heavy baroque floral motifs fill the spaces between the main motifs and the roundel frame. The palm grows out of a curious foliate device at the bottom. The roundel frame has pearl borders between which are little circles about 2 cm. in diameter with a series of elegant tiny motifs beginning with a star at the four cardinal points and repeated, left and right, from top to bottom, are a lion, reclining winged ibex, reclining horned animal (possibly a bull), then center star on side, then winged griffin or goat (?), peacock, and lion regardant. In the interspaces are large circular motifs filled with stylized floral motifs and pendant floral motifs growing out in the four angles.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg
Provenance
Originally reported by the Iran Bastan Museum as probably from Bibi Shar Banu, Rayy, Iran | ?-1966: Werner [1903–1984] and Margaret Harrington Daniels Abegg [1901–1999], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1966-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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