Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves (1400s): Art, History and Details

Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves (1400s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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.

Object facts

• Title: Fragment with curving vine and palmette leaves
• Date: 1400s
• Culture: Spain, Granada
• Type: Textile
• Technique: Silk: lampas weave
• 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.)
• Collection: T - Islamic
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1918.183

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• 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.

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