Section of Silk Fabric with Falconers Amid Rose Bushes c. 1675 Iran, Safavid period (1501-1722) Silk and silver-metal thread: twill weave with complementary and discontinuous weft Overall: 47.7 x 48.3 cm (18 3/4 x 19 in.); Mounted: 58.4 x 58.4 cm (23 x 23 in.) John L. Severance Fund 1949.467 PROVENANCE ?-1949 (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art using the John L. Severance Fund) 1949- The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH CITATIONS Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Persian Textile of the Safavid Period." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 6 (1950): 118-19. p.118-119 www.jstor.org EXHIBITION HISTORY Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).