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Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe

Fragment with star and cross design from the tomb of Don Felipe

1200–1274
taqueté: silk and gold thread
Average: 54.6 x 38.1 cm (21 1/2 x 15 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1939.39
Location: not on view
  • from the tomb of Don Felipe at Villasirga, near Palencia, Spain; died 1275, tomb opened in 1848. (Estate of H. A. Elsberg, New York).
  • Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced: P 183, fig. 5.12; Mentioned: P. 183-184
  • Masterpieces of the Weavers' Art. Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, MI (October 7-November 3, 1957).
    2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
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