Fragment with palmette arches with Alhambra wall pattern

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment with palmette arches with Alhambra wall pattern

Date
1300s
Medium
Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave
Culture
Spain, Granada
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
118249

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This rare, gold-thread silk displays a sophisticated pattern that also decorates the stucco walls of the Alhambra, the imperial palace in Granada. Three superimposed designs form the harmonious pattern on the golden ground. Split-palmette leaves in ivory or green silk form staggered arches displaying a crimson text, Good fortune , written in angular Arabic script with extended strokes that create secondary symmetrical arches. Deep blue palmette leaves create the third level of decoration. The interior walls of the Alhambra would have shimmered with these warm, patterned textiles.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?–1939: (Estate of H. A. Elsberg [1869–1938], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1939-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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