Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles (before 1953): Art, History and Details

Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles (before 1953) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Rows of aligned double-headed simurgh (eagles), in tan on a white ground supporting little winged human figures are within a grid consisting of horizontal bands of inscription in floriated Kufic lettering and palmette trees.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment with Double-Headed "Simurgh"-Eagles
• Date: before 1953
• Culture: Iran or Iraq
• Type: Textile
• Technique: Silk: lampas weave
• Dimensions: Overall: 47.6 x 49.5 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)
• Collection: T - Islamic
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1953.434

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.

View the collection record

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