The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe

1200–1274
Location: Not on view
  • from the tomb of Don Felipe at Villasirga, near Palencia, Spain; died 1275, tomb opened in 1848
    ?–1939
    (Estate of H. A. Elsberg [1869–1938], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1939–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 26, no. 9. (November 1939): 143–146. Mentioned: p. 144 www.jstor.org
    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 183, fig. 5.12; Mentioned: pp. 183–184
  • Masterpieces of the Weavers' Art. Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, MI (October 7-November 3, 1957).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
  • {{cite web|title=Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe|url=false|author=|year=1200–1274|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.39