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Source Description
Pairs of yellow lions are framed beneath arches formed by elaborate green leaves in a sumptuous repeated pattern. The city of Granada in southern Spain, where the Alhambra palace stood, continued to be a major center for silk production and commerce through the 1500s. Because the upside-down shields contain no Arabic inscriptions, it was probably made after the fall of the last Muslim sultan to the Christian King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492.
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Document identity
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123709
label
Fragment with crowned lions, palmettes, and escutcheons
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object
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1
Source metadata
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123709
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object
title
Fragment with crowned lions, palmettes, and escutcheons
description
Pairs of yellow lions are framed beneath arches formed by elaborate green leaves in a sumptuous repeated pattern. The city of Granada in southern Spain, where the Alhambra palace stood, continued to be a major center for silk production and commerce through the 1500s. Because the upside-down shields contain no Arabic inscriptions, it was probably made after the fall of the last Muslim sultan to the Christian King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492.
date
1400s-1500s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79901025
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 54.3 x 27.5 cm (21 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.); Mounted: 64.5 x 37.1 cm (25 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
cul
Spain, Granada
accession
1944.24
Source extras
tec
Silk: lampas weave
tombstone
Fragment with crowned lions, palmettes, and escutcheons, 1400s-1500s. Spain, Granada. Silk: lampas weave; overall: 54.3 x 27.5 cm (21 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.); mounted: 64.5 x 37.1 cm (25 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.240
collection
T - Islamic
citations
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. 209, fig. 5.42; Mentioned: P. 207
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:22:26.622000
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123709
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk: lampas weave
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0
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photo
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