id: 110045
accession number: 1928.648
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Vestment fragment with stars in staggered squares, 1200s. Spain, probably Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas weave with areas of double cloth; overall: 28.6 x 26.7 cm (11 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 38.7 x 36.8 cm (15 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1928.648
title: Vestment fragment with stars in staggered squares
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creation date: 1200s
creation date earliest: 1200
creation date latest: 1299
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Spain, probably Almeria
technique: Silk and gold thread: lampas weave with areas of double cloth
department: Textiles
collection: T - Islamic
type: Textile
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 28.6 x 26.7 cm (11 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 38.7 x 36.8 cm (15 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00
The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. 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
2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
title: Vestement of San Valero of Llerida
opening date: 1992-05-03T04:00:00
Vestement of San Valero of Llerida. Abegg-Stiftung, Bern, Switzerland (organizer) (May 3-November 1, 1992).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Vestment of San Valero of Llerida. Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland (May 3-November 1, 1992).', 'opening_date': '1992-05-03T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
originally from San Valero, Lerida, Spain
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(Adolph Loewi [1888-1977], Venice, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1928
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1928-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Underhill, Gertrude. "Two Hispano-Moresque Silks from the Vestments of San Valero." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 16, no. 4 (1929): 68-75.
page number: p. 68-70, 74
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137205.
Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. 1944.
page number: p. 16, no. 115
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Weibel, Adè€le Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
page number: p. 102, no. 79
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Flury-Lemberg, Mechthild. Spuren kostbarer Gewebe. Riggisberg: Die Stiftung, 1995.
page number: p. 116
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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. 186, fig. 5.18; Mentioned: P.185-186
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