Alhambra Palace Silk Curtain
mid-1300s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Alhambra Palace Silk Curtain, mid-1300s. Spain, Granada, Nasrid period. Silk; lampas weave; overall: 438.2 x 271.8 cm (172 1/2 x 107 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1982.16.b
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- silk; lampas weave
- Dimensions
- Overall: 438.2 x 271.8 cm (172 1/2 x 107 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: the bold knotted Kufic inscription in the top and bottom borders of the side panels repeats the Arabic word "felicity." Within the arches forming a frieze in the top border is a Kufic inscription "good fortune" and a Naskhi inscription repeating trhe motto of the Nasrid dynasty, "There is no conqueror but God." In the borders of the three large ornamental rectangles on each side panel is the Naskhi inscription "Dominion belongs to God alone." On the central panel the inscriptions in the borders repeat the phrase, "Majestry is God's," while the Nasrid motto, "There is no conqueror but God" and, above, "Blessing," are inscribed in the arabesque ogives.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1982.16.b
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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