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Document identity
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124969
label
Silk Fragment
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object
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Source metadata
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124969
contentType
object
title
Silk Fragment
date
1300s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79903189
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 78.2 x 39 cm (30 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
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Spain, Granada, Hispano-Islamic, 14th century
accession
1946.417
Source extras
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Silk: lampas weave
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Silk Fragment, 1300s. Spain, Granada, Hispano-Islamic, 14th century. Silk: lampas weave; overall: 78.2 x 39 cm (30 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1946.417
collection
Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
third field at bottom consists of a composite band, knotted Kufic ("enduring glory [surpassing ?] support") framed to either side by bands with Naskhi inscriptions in cartouches, knotwork and crenelations (Naskhi inscription too worn to read).
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 132
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 220
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 220
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 277
citation
Wardwell, Anne E. "A Fifteenth-Century Silk Curtain from Muslim Spain." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 70, no. 2 (1983)
page_number
p. 58-72
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25159802
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:27:10.222000
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124969
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Textiles
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Textiles
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Silk: lampas weave
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