Fragment

Textiles

Umayyad dynasty (661-750 CE), mid-8th century

Iran, Iraq, or Egypt (Persia)

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Department: Textiles

Title: Fragment
Place: Persia (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 744 CE–749 CE
Medium: Wool, tapestry weave
Dimensions: 28.5 × 36.5 cm (11 5/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer
Reference Number: 1946.72
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Asian Art, Islamic gallery, Gallery 50, October 26 2016-March 6, 2017

Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo then Paris [this and the following according to letters from V. Simkhovitch, Apr. 25 and Mar. 11, 1946; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, 1928; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.

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