Cleveland Museum of Art
Mantle for a statue of the Virgin
- Date
- late 1400s–1500s
- Medium
- Silk: lampas weave
- Culture
- Spain, Granada
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
A striped silk textile, probably made for use in the Islamic Alhambra palatine complex, was turned into a mantle for a statue of the Virgin Mary. On the crimson stripes the salutation that occurs as ornamental text throughout the Alhambra, Glory to our Lord the Sultan , repeats in Arabic script.
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