Detail View: The AMICA Library: Silk Fragment

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1927.486
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Textiles
Creator Nationality: 
Spain, Islamic period, 13th century
Creator Name-CRT: 
Spain, Islamic period, 13th century
Title: 
Silk Fragment
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Detail
Creation Date: 
c. 1279
Creation Start Date: 
1274
Creation End Date: 
1284
Materials and Techniques: 
plain compound cloth; silk and gold
Classification Term: 
Textile
Style or Period: 
Spain, Islamic period, 13th century
Dimensions: 
Average: 1.5cm x 41cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1927.486
Credit Line: 
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: 
Provenance: 
(Adolph Loewi, Venice). Sewn to the edge of CMA 1927.30, which is of the same silk used as patches on San Valero vestments in Barcelona Museum which, according to documentary evidence, were bought in 1279 in Tarragona and given to the church of San Vincent, Roda (near Lerida) and dedicated to San Valero.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1927.486det01.tif