Fragment with arcade and palmettes (Q60759650)
Label from: English (en)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin:
al-Andalus (Q123559)
material used:
silk (Q37681)
gold thread (Q29586582)
fabrication method:
tapestry weaving (Q29167534)
time period:
Middle Ages (Q12554)
catalog URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.105
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: 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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