Detail View: The AMICA Library: Fragment from an Imperial Garment
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1928.650
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Textiles
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Iberian; Spanish
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Islamic Spain, Almeria, Almohad or Nasrid period, 13th century
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Title:
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Fragment from an Imperial Garment
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Back
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Creation Date:
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mid 1200s
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Creation Start Date:
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1225
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Creation End Date:
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1275
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Materials and Techniques:
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tapestry weave; silk and gold thread
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Classification Term:
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Tapestries
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 6.1cm x 26.1cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1928.650
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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said to have come from Lérida vestments. (Adolph Loewi, Venice).
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Context:
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Rarely do medieval silks convey their original luxurious quality with such brilliant gold thread. This fragment is said to have been among relics of Saint Valerio from Lérida Cathedral (in northeast Spain, near Barcelona). An elegant geometric tracery in crimson silk decorates the gold-thread ground, bordered above by four interlacing strands in ivory silk and below by two rows of "figure 8's" woven with gold thread and black silk outlines. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.AM20020247.tif
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