The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 27, 2022

Lampas with rampant lions, palmettes, and escutcheons

1400s

Spain, Granada, Nasrid period

Lampas: silk

Average: 34.2 x 25.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.511

Location

not on view

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: P. 8, 208, fig. 5.41; Mentioned: P. 207
Exhibition history

The Heritage of Islam. Houston, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C.(March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983).

2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1926.511