AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1939.35
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AMICA Library Year:
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2002
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Object Type:
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Textiles
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Iberian; Spanish
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Islamic Spain, probably Granada, Nasrid period, 14th century
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Title:
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Fragment from a Large Curtain
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1300s
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Creation Start Date:
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1300
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Creation End Date:
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1399
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Materials and Techniques:
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Lampas: a combination of two weaves, satin weave and plain weave; silk and gold thread
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Classification Term:
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Textiles
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 48.3cm x 25.4cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1939.35
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Inscriptions:
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horizontal rows of staggered arch-like forms enclose knotted and interlaced Kufic inscriptions: "Success."
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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(Estate of H. A. Elsberg).
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Context:
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This rare silk was originally resplendent with its luxurious gold thread ground. Similar patterns decorate the stucco walls of the Alhambra, the imperial palace built in Granada in the 14th century by the Nasrid rulers, the last Islamic dynasty in Spain (1238-1492). The sophisticated pattern is based on the angular arabic script called kufic. The word for "good fortune" appears in mirror-image symmetry in crimson silk, framed by split palmette leaves forming arches in either ivory or green silk. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.AM20020305.tif
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