Mantle for a statue of the Virgin
1470–1599
- Medium
- Silk: lampas weave
- Dimensions
- Average: 104.2 x 215.9 cm (41 x 85 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Spain, Granada
About
A striped silk textile, probably made for use in the Islamic Alhambra palatine complex, was turned into a mantle for a statue of the Virgin Mary. On the crimson stripes the salutation that occurs as ornamental text throughout the Alhambra, Glory to our Lord the Sultan, repeats in Arabic script.