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Document identity
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118317
label
Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe
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object
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Source metadata
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118317
contentType
object
title
Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe
date
1200–1274
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80013230
genreSpecific
Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Average: 54.6 x 38.1 cm (21 1/2 x 15 in.)
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Spain, probably Almeria
accession
1939.39
Source extras
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taqueté: silk and gold thread
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Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe, 1200–1274. Spain, probably Almeria. Taqueté: silk and gold thread; average: 54.6 x 38.1 cm (21 1/2 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.39
collection
T - Islamic
inscriptions
inscription
"Al-yamen" (Success).
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1
citations
citation
Underhill, Gertrude. "Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 9. (November 1939): 143–146.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 144
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: p 183, fig. 5.12; Mentioned: pp. 183–184
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:07:35.169000
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118317
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Textiles
coll
T - Islamic
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taqueté: silk and gold thread
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