Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe
13th century
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Silk fragment with decorated and inscribed bands, from the tomb of Don Felipe, 13th century. Spain, probably Almeria. Plain weave with supplementary weft: silk and silver thread; average: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.906
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- plain weave with supplementary weft: silk and silver thread
- Dimensions
- Average: 25.4 x 20 cm (10 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: band of Naskhi inscription of red on silver which reads: "Praise be to God."
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1929.906
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 2000 Years of Silk Weaving, Textiles from Egypt, Syria and Spain: 7th through 15th centuries
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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