id: 98454 accession number: 1918.183 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.183 updated: 2022-02-16 10:00:09.046000 Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves, 1400s. Spain, Granada. Silk: lampas weave; overall: 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.); mounted: 39.1 x 28.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1918.183 title: Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1400s creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1499 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Spain, Granada technique: Silk: lampas weave department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 39.1 x 28.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: 2000 Years of Silk Weaving opening date: 1944-01-09T05:00:00 2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944). title: Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation opening date: 2001-06-19T04:00:00 Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 19, 2001-June 3, 2002). title: Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation) opening date: 2019-10-29T04:00:00 Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Bacri Frères, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1918 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1918- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The sophisticated combination of elements in this colorful fragment include large split palmette leaves in ivory silk framing yellow interlacing knots in a leafy surround. Prominent floral buds are arranged with dynamic effect in staggered rows. Foral motifs became increasingly prominent on textiles during the 1400s, supplanting geometric patterns. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. page number: Reproduced: P. 209, fig. 5.43; Mentioned: P. 207 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.183/1918.183_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.183/1918.183_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.183/1918.183_full.tif