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Textile Fragment

15th century

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Spain, Islamic period, 15th century

Lampas weave, satin; silk and gold

Average: 37 x 15.4 cm (14 9/16 x 6 1/16 in.)

Dudley P. Allen Fund 1919.9.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Naski inscription on shield reads: "Glory to our Lord, the Sultan."

Provenance
Henry Daguerre, New York.
Citations
Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 207, fig. 5.40
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