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Fragments from a Garment with Inscription

Unknown artist, 1900s

49 cm × 28 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 3 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 28 cm
Width: 49 cm
Medium: Silk: lampas weave, brocaded
Kind: Textile
Made in: Iran or Iraq
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: Average: 26.5 x 48.7 cm (10 7/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 49 cm × 27 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. G. Kay Robertson in memory of William J. Robertson

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

How big is it?: 49 cm × 28 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1900s. 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 Mrs. G. Kay Robertson in memory of William J. Robertson.
How was it made?: Silk: lampas weave, brocaded, made in Iran or Iraq, Iran or Iraq.
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.