Mantle for a Statue of the Virgin with Lotus Blossoms and Medallions
c. 1430
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Mantle for a Statue of the Virgin with Lotus Blossoms and Medallions, c. 1430. Egypt and Spain. Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave; overall: 70.5 x 111.2 cm (27 3/4 x 43 3/4 in.); mounted: 78.1 x 119.4 cm (30 3/4 x 47 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.40
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave
- Medium
- silk, gilt-metal, thread, lampas, weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 70.5 x 111.2 cm (27 3/4 x 43 3/4 in.); Mounted: 78.1 x 119.4 cm (30 3/4 x 47 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Glory to our master, the sultan, the king Remark: The Arabic inscription in the medallions reads both forward and backward. Inscription: The sultan, the king Remark: Inscription in the lobed roundels
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1939.40
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 2000 Years of Silk Weaving, Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries, Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900, Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation), <em>Gallery 207 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 20, 2002-May 5, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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