Fragment from a Furnishing Silk

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

CMA_.1952.105

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CMA_.1952.105

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

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2002

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Iberian; Spanish

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European; Iberian; Spanish

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Islamic Spain, probably Almeria, late 13th century

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Islamic Spain, probably Almeria, late 13th century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Fragment from a Furnishing Silk

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Fragment from a Furnishing Silk

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Back

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Back

View

false

Creation Date:

late 1200s

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late 1200s

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1250

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1250

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1299

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1299

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

tapestry weave; silk and gold thread

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tapestry weave; silk and gold thread

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Tapestries

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Tapestries

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 17.8cm x 10.7cm

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Overall: 17.8cm x 10.7cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1952.105

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1952.105

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Provenance:

(Charles D. Kelekian, New York).

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(Charles D. Kelekian, New York).

Provenance

false

Context:

Although geometric patterns were fashionable in all media throughout the Islamic world, examples in textiles are the most abundant from Islamic Spain. In this fragment, gold-thread strapwork interlaces to form stars above columns that frame colorful palmette leaves in a fine tapestry weave.

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<P>Although geometric patterns were fashionable in all media throughout the Islamic world, examples in textiles are the most abundant from Islamic Spain. In this fragment, gold-thread strapwork interlaces to form stars above columns that frame colorful palmette leaves in a fine tapestry weave.</p>

Context

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Fragment from a Furnishing Silk