Silk curtain from the Alhambra palace

1300s

Maker Unknown

Textiles

Silk curtain from the Alhambra palace, 1300s. Spain, Granada, Nasrid period. Lampas and taqueté: silk; overall: 438.2 x 271.8 cm (172 1/2 x 107 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1982.16

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Textile
Formatted Medium: lampas and taqueté: silk
Medium: lampas, taqueté, silk
Dimensions: Overall: 438.2 x 271.8 cm (172 1/2 x 107 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: the bold knotted Kufic inscription in the top and bottom borders of the side panels repeats the Arabic word "felicity." Within the arches forming a frieze in the top border is a Kufic inscription "good fortune" and a Naskhi inscription repeating trhe motto of the Nasrid dynasty, "There is no conqueror but God." In the borders of the three large ornamental rectangles on each side panel is the Naskhi inscription "Dominion belongs to God alone." On the central panel the inscriptions in the borders repeat the phrase, "Majestry is God's," while the Nasrid motto, "There is no conqueror but God" and, above, "Blessing," are inscribed in the arabesque ogives.
Departments: Textiles
Accession Number: 1982.16
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Exhibitions: Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900, <em>Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain</em>. Alhambra, Granada, Spain (March 18-June 7, 1992); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (July 1-September 27, 1992).
Rights Statement: CC0