id:			109228
accession number:	1927.378
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.378
updated:		2025-04-02 13:30:35.024000

Alhambra hanging fragment with decorated bands, 1300s. Spain, Granada. Silk: lampas and taqueté weave; overall: 37.8 x 25.1 cm (14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.); mounted: 46.7 x 28.9 cm (18 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1927.378

title:				Alhambra hanging fragment with decorated bands
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Spain, Granada
technique:	Silk: lampas and taqueté weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 37.8 x 25.1 cm (14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.); Mounted: 46.7 x 28.9 cm (18 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	the principal field of geometric laceria forming stars and squares is bordered by a broad composite band (incomplete) consisting of central wide band with knotted Kufic inscription ("beatitude"), framed by narrower bands with knotwork, Naskhi inscriptions ("success and prosperity") in cartouches and crenallations.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
	opening date:   1991-11-26T05:00:00
	<i>Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).

	title:		Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation
	opening date:   2001-06-19T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation</i>. 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
	<i>Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 207 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 19, 2001-June 3, 2002).', 'opening_date': '2001-06-19T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Adolph Loewi [1888-1977], Venice, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1927
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1927-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Underhill, Gertrude. "A Group of Hispano-Moresque Silks." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 3 (1928): 68-74.
	page number: 	p. 68, 74
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137114

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 197, fig. 529; P. 203, fig. 5.36; Mentioned: P. 198, 200
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	"New in the Galleries.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol.<em> </em>59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): Back cover.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
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