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Tomb Cover

Unknown artist, 1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)

98 cm × 2.1 m

Taller than a doorway. Stood on end it is 1.2 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.1 m
Width: 98 cm
Medium: compound tabby; silk
Kind: Textile
Made in: Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 210.2 x 102.5 cm (82 3/4 x 40 3/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.02 m × 2.1 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 98 cm × 2.1 m. Taller than a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1640–1950 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability). It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund.
How was it made?: Compound tabby; silk, made in Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055), Iraq or Iran, in the style of the Buyid period (945–1055).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.