13th century
Town Palencia,
Spain
Spain
Object qualities
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Objecttextile (towels, carpets, etc.): Fragment
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumSilk, gold wrapped silk, and undyed linen; compound weave
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SizeTextile: L. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Mount: L. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm) W. 16 in. (40.6 cm) D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
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Geography detailsFrom
Town Palencia,
Spain -
Country today
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Date13th century
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Part of a corpus of identical fragments, this Andalusian textile belonged to the mantle that was interred with Don Felipe Infante (d. 1274), son of Ferdinand II and brother of Alfonso X, thirteenth-century kings of Castile. The composition consists of registers containing repeating rosettes with geometric interlace against a gold background. Opulent textiles, probably manufactured in a Muslim production center, were regularly used for garments or furnishings and placed in Christian royal burials, reflecting the esteem with which Andalusian fabrics were regarded. See also 46.156.8 and L.2011.46.21, other fragments from this textile.