Fragment with Lion Strangler from a Dalmatic of Saint Bernard Calvo
1200–1243
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment with Lion Strangler from a Dalmatic of Saint Bernard Calvo, 1200–1243. Spain, Almeria. Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant; overall: 43.8 x 39.7 cm (17 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.); mounted: 53 x 49.8 cm (20 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1950.146
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Silk and gold thread: lampas, taqueté, and plain-weave variant
- Dimensions
- Overall: 43.8 x 39.7 cm (17 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.); Mounted: 53 x 49.8 cm (20 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: the inscription (incorrectly written) appears to read "al-'amir" (command, i.e. authority) [alternately retrograde and vice versa].
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1950.146
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Islamic Gallery 207 Rotation, Islamic art rotation, Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation), Gallery 207 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 19, 2001-June 3, 2002).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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