Fragment with arcade and palmettes
Unknown Artist
1200s
Medium
Silk and gold thread: tapestry weave
Dimensions
17.8 × 10.8 cm · mounted: 26.4 × 19.7 cm
Classification
Textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1952.105
About this artwork
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.