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Lampas with heraldry of Castile and León, from a royal Christian robe

1200–1325

Spain, Granada, Nasrid period

lampas: silk and gold thread
Overall: 10.2 x 54.9 cm (4 x 21 5/8 in.); Mounted: 17.8 x 62.9 cm (7 x 24 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.48
Location: Not on view

Description

Opulent gold thread forms heraldic shields of a Spanish king on a palmette ground. The shield bears the heraldic device of Castile and Leon, the castle and lion, which had decorated imperial Spanish garments for several centuries. The use of coats of arms was a European convention that was never adopted by the Muslims.
  • ?–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. p. 144 25138043
    Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York: E. Weyhe, 1944. p. 20, no. 141
    Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952. Reproduced: p. 106, fig. 95
    Indictor, Norman, Robert John Koestler, Christopher Blair, and Anne E. Wardwell. “The Evaluation of Metal Wrappings from Medieval Textiles Using Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive x-Ray Spectrometry.” Textile History 19 (1). 1988. pp. 3–22; Reproduced: p. 4, fig. 2
    Wolley, Linda. "Hispanic Synthesis." HALI; the International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles, 82 (June/July 1995), pp. 67–75. Reproduced: pp. 68–68
    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. 170-171, fig. 5.2; P. 187, fig. 5.20, Mentioned: P. 170, 187, 205
  • Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 19, 2001-June 3, 2002).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (January 9-February 29, 1944); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 12-June 4, 1944).
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