Cleveland Museum of Art
Fragment with arcade and palmettes
- Date
- 1200s
- Medium
- Silk and gold thread: tapestry weave
- Culture
- Spain, probably Granada
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Although geometric patterns were fashionable in all media throughout the Islamic world, examples in textiles are the most abundant from Islamic Spain. In this fragment, gold-thread strapwork interlaces to form stars above columns that frame colorful palmette leaves in a fine tapestry weave.
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