The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Silk Fragment

1150–1199

Spain, Islamic period

lampas weave, brocaded; silk and gold thread
Average: 21.6 x 22.3 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.85
Location: Not on view
  • found in a 12th century reliquary in church near Barcelona, Spain. (Adolph Loewi, Venice).
  • Shepherd, Dorothy. "Two Medieval Silks from Spain." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 1 (January 1958): 3-7. Mentioned: p. 4 www.jstor.org
  • 2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
  • {{cite web|title=Silk Fragment|url=false|author=|year=1150–1199|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1929.85