id:			118366
accession number:	1939.42
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.42
updated:		2022-07-09 09:00:31.990000

Lampas with foliate roundels, 1300s. Spain, Granada, Nasrid period. Lampas: silk and gold thread; overall: 31.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.); mounted: 34.3 x 27.9 cm (13 1/2 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.42

title:				Lampas with foliate roundels
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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, Nasrid period
technique:	lampas: silk and gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 31.4 x 22.9 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.); Mounted: 34.3 x 27.9 cm (13 1/2 x 11 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).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Estate of H. A. Elsberg, New York).
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wall description: 
This textile shows the development of the Hispano-Moresque style in the 1300s. The bright green, blue, white, and gold design against a rich red ground produces a jewel-like quality that was not seen again after the end of the century.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 26, no. 9 (1939): 143-46.
	page number: 	p. 144
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25138043

	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. 18, no. 129, pl. 36
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 131
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n36

	Indictor, Norman, Robert J. (Robert John) Koestler, Christopher Blair, and Anne E. Wardwell. “The Evaluation of Metal Wrappings from Medieval Textiles Using Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive x-Ray Spectrometry.” <em>Textile History</em> 19 (1). 1988.
	page number: 	p. 3-22
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	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. 201, fig. 5.34; Mentioned: P. 200.
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