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Cope of gold and silver brocade
Cope patched together from 5 pieces showing repeat pattern on gold ground of large bird on pink flower stems, growing out of blue soil on which two little birds are standing; butterfly amid the flowers. Two smaller pieces on left side and one on the r. laid incorrectly (note wrong direction of pattern). Modern gray lining. Said to have been made for church in Constantinople.
Exhibitions
| 2002 | The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Academy Art Museum, Easton; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. |
| 1949 | The Arts of Persia. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/19/1960 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 2/19/2014 | Examination | Examined; photographed |
Geographies
Iran
(Place of Origin)
Isfahan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 59 x 127 in. (149.9 x 322.6 cm)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
83.334