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Fragments with Eight-Pointed Star (Two Pieces)

Unknown artist, before 1966

70 cm × 55 cm

About the size of a bathroom mirror. You would need 2 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 55 cm
Width: 70 cm
Medium: Silk: compound weave
Kind: Textile
Made in: Iran (?)
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: 70.2 x 54.6 cm (27 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 55 cm × 70 cm. Hung the other way up, because the photograph of it is.
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg

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

How big is it?: 70 cm × 55 cm. About the size of a bathroom mirror. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made before 1966. 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: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg.
How was it made?: Silk: compound weave, made in Iran (?), Iran (?).
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.