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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe

1200s
Location: Not on view
  • originally from the tomb of Don Felipe at Villasirga near Palenica, Spain; died 1274, tomb opened in 1848. (H. A. Elsberg, New York).
  • 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 184, fig. 5.14
  • Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 26-June 6, 1991).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
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