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Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves
1400s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The sophisticated combination of elements in this colorful fragment include large split palmette leaves in ivory silk framing yellow interlacing knots in a leafy surround. Prominent floral buds are arranged with dynamic effect in staggered rows. Foral motifs became increasingly prominent on textiles during the 1400s, supplanting geometric patterns.
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- Title: Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves
- Date Created: 1400s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 29.9 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Mounted: 39.1 x 28.9 cm (15 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Bacri Frères, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Textile
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.183
- Medium: Silk: lampas weave
- Department: Textiles
- Culture: Spain, Granada
- Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Collection: T - Islamic
- Accession Number: 1918.183
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