id:			111346
accession number:	1929.85
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.85
updated:		2025-05-08 11:21:59.319000

Silk Fragment, 1150–1199. Spain, Islamic period. Lampas weave, brocaded; silk and gold thread; average: 21.6 x 22.3 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.85

title:				Silk Fragment
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creation date:			1150–1199
creation date earliest:		1150
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Spain, Islamic period
technique:	lampas weave, brocaded; silk and gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Average: 21.6 x 22.3 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	found in a 12th century reliquary in church near Barcelona, Spain.  (Adolph Loewi, Venice).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Shepherd, Dorothy. "Two Medieval Silks from Spain." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>45, no. 1 (January 1958): 3-7.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 4
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142255

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