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[edit]Taffeta Fragment with Gul-u-Bulbul (Rose and Nightingale) Pattern
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Taffeta Fragment with Gul-u-Bulbul (Rose and Nightingale) Pattern |
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A luxurious textile like this would have been used for courtly robes or coats in Safavid Iran. The bird-and-flower motif is known as gul-u-bulbul in Persian, meaning “rose and nightingale.” The motif references the poetic image of a nightingale plaintively singing to an indifferent rose as a metaphor for unrequited human love as well as the soul’s desire for mystical union with the divine. |
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| Date | 1700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Taffeta, brocaded; silk and metallic thread | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 37.8 x 40 cm (14 7/8 x 15 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1943.91 |
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| Place of creation | Iran, 1700s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Mrs. Fred R. White | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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