The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 16, 2026

Silk Fragment

c. 1279

Spain, Islamic period

plain compound cloth; silk and gold
Average: 1.5 x 41 cm (9/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1927.486
Location: Not on view
  • (Adolph Loewi, Venice). Sewn to the edge of CMA 1927.30, which is of the same silk used as patches on San Valero vestments in Barcelona Museum which, according to documentary evidence, were bought in 1279 in Tarragona and given to the church of San Vincent, Roda (near Lerida) and dedicated to San Valero.
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