Alhambra hanging fragment with decorated bands
1300s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
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
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk: lampas and taqueté weave
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- 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.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1927.378
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, 2000 Years of Silk Weaving, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation, Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation), Gallery 207 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 19, 2001-June 3, 2002).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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