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Muslim weavers in Spain manufactured colorful woolen carpets with patterns derived from native Iberian designs, luxury silks, and imported Turkish carpets, such as this rare example. It is the only known carpet with this pattern of octagons framing a radiating central star. It is related to so-called large-pattern Holbein carpets, named after the Flemish painter Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) who represented them in his paintings. This relatively well preserved 15th-century carpet is said to have come from a convent in Spain.
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130131
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Spanish Carpet with a Turkish Pattern
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130131
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Spanish Carpet with a Turkish Pattern
description
Muslim weavers in Spain manufactured colorful woolen carpets with patterns derived from native Iberian designs, luxury silks, and imported Turkish carpets, such as this rare example. It is the only known carpet with this pattern of octagons framing a radiating central star. It is related to so-called large-pattern Holbein carpets, named after the Flemish painter Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) who represented them in his paintings. This relatively well preserved 15th-century carpet is said to have come from a convent in Spain.
date
c. 1450–1500
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79911853
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Carpet
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 418.8 x 236.1 cm (164 7/8 x 92 15/16 in.)
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Spain, Alcaraz?, Mudejar, 15th century
accession
1952.511
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wool, knotted pile: Spanish knot
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Spanish Carpet with a Turkish Pattern, c. 1450–1500. Spain, Alcaraz?, Mudejar, 15th century. Wool, knotted pile: Spanish knot; overall: 418.8 x 236.1 cm (164 7/8 x 92 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.511
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Textiles
citations
citation
Ferrandis Torres, José. 1942. "Alfombras hispano-moriscas "Tipo Holbein". Archivo Español De Arte / Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento De H. Del Arte "Diego Velaźquez", Centro De Estudios Históricos. 103-111.
page_number
p. 108, fig. 10
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Carpet." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 8 (1954): 188-90.
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141982.
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. 176
citation
Dimand, M. S. "Two Fifteenth Century Hispano-Moresque Rugs." <em>The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin</em> 22, no. 10 (1964): 341-52.
page_number
p. 348
url
doi:10.2307/3258226.
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 220
citation
Grube, Ernst J. The World of Islam. 1966.
page_number
p.83, pl. 44
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 220
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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. 274
citation
Sánchez Ferrer, José. Alfombras antiguas de la provincia de Albacete. Albacete: Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses, C.S.I.C., Confederación Española de Centros de Estudios Locales, 1986.
page_number
p. 342, 343
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:43:22.138000
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130131
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Textiles
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Textiles
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wool, knotted pile: Spanish knot
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