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Description: Silk curtain from the Alhambra palace

TitleSilk curtain from the Alhambra palace

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1300–1400

Object typeTextile

MaterialsLampas and taqueté: silk

Dimensions172 1/2 x 107 in. (438.2 x 271.8 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.16

Accession number1982.16a-b

SubjectsDraperiesAlhambra (Granada, Spain)Islamic art--SpainIslamic textile fabrics

StatusGranada, Spain

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Chapter 3: The Islamic World (1400–1600)

Aimée E. Froom

History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture 1400–2000

~~Prior to 1400 several major design traditions flourished and disappeared from the Islamic world. The fifteenth century saw the “golden twilight” of Islamic Spain before the Christian Reconquest of 1492. In other parts of the Islamic world, a decorative style based on floral vine scrolls, arabesques, and Chinese-inspired...

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Aimée E. Froom

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.49-65

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00219.003

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Chapter subject tags:Islam--Spain--HistoryIslamic decorative artsIslamic decoration and ornamentMamelukes--HistoryRugs, MamelukePottery, MamelukeAlhambra (Granada, Spain)Pottery, TimuridMetal-work, TimuridIllumination of books and manuscripts, TimuridTextile fabrics, SafavidIran--History--Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736Pottery, SafavidMetal-work, SafavidTurkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918Metal-work, OttomanIslamic textile fabricsPottery, OttomanRugs, Ottoman Empire

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The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800

The collapse of the Almohad empire following its catastrophic defeat in 1212 at Las Navas de Tolosa led to the emergence of four regional powers in the Maghrib: three rival Berber dynasties in North Africa – the Hafsids of Tunis (1235–1554), the ʽAbd al-Wadids or Zayyanids of Tlemcen (1236–1554), and the Marinids and Wattasids of Fez...

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PublisherYale University Press

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https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.013

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15668&redirecttoanchor=57820

Chapter subject tags:Islamic art--Africa, NorthIslamic architecture--Africa, NorthIslamic art--SpainIslamic architecture--Spain

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