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Mantle for a statue of the Virgin
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineMantle for a statue of the Virgin, late 1400s–1500s. Spain, Granada. Silk: lampas weave; average: 104.2 x 215.9 cm (41 x 85 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.975
