id:			124969
accession number:	1946.417
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.417
updated:		2024-03-29 11:23:34.879000

Silk Fragment, 1300s. Spain, Granada, Hispano-Islamic, 14th century. Silk: lampas weave; overall: 78.2 x 39 cm (30 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.417

title:				Silk Fragment
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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, Hispano-Islamic, 14th century
technique:	Silk: lampas weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 78.2 x 39 cm (30 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	third field at bottom consists of a composite band, knotted Kufic ("enduring glory [surpassing ?] support") framed to either side by bands with Naskhi inscriptions in cartouches, knotwork and crenelations (Naskhi inscription too worn to read).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 132
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n36

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 220
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n244

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 220
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n244

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 277
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n297

	Wardwell, Anne E. "A Fifteenth-Century Silk Curtain from Muslim Spain." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 2 (1983)
	page number: 	p. 58-72
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25159802

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