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Collection Online as of July 7, 2022

Silk Fragment

14th century

Spain, Granada, Hispano-Islamic, 14th century

Lampas weave, silk

Overall: 78.2 x 39 cm (30 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.417

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

third field at bottom consists of a composite band, knotted Kufic ("enduring glory [surpassing ?] support") framed to either side by bands with Naskhi inscriptions in cartouches, knotwork and crenelations (Naskhi inscription too worn to read).

Provenance
(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 132 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 220 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 220 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 277 archive.org
Wardwell, Anne E. "A Fifteenth-Century Silk Curtain from Muslim Spain." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 2 (1983) p. 58-72 www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.417