Wall Hanging (pardah)
Unknown Artist
1800–1850
Medium
Silk: warp-faced plain weave, warp-ikat; cotton weft
Dimensions
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Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Guido Goldman
Accession Number
2006.150
About this artwork
Dazzling patterns with saturated colors in the ikat technique provided vibrant wall hangings in reception rooms of the urban elite in Central Asia. In this splendid example composed of five loom widths, the three central lengths display a precise design of amulets complemented by palmettes in the two outer lengths. The irregular contours, telltale indicators of ikat, are masterfully controlled with five rich colors, illustrating the high quality of the earliest known examples in Central Asia fro...