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Jul 3, 2013

Spanish Carpet with a Turkish Pattern

c. 1450-1500

Spain, Alcaraz?, Mudejar, 15th century

Wool, knotted pile: Spanish knot

Overall: 418.8 x 236.1 cm (164 7/8 x 92 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.511

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Description

Muslim weavers in Spain manufactured colorful woolen carpets with patterns derived from native Iberian designs, luxury silks, and imported Turkish carpets, such as this rare example. It is the only known carpet with this pattern of octagons framing a radiating central star. It is related to so-called large-pattern Holbein carpets, named after the Flemish painter Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) who represented them in his paintings. This relatively well preserved 15th-century carpet is said to have come from a convent in Spain.

Provenance

(Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).

Citations

Ferrandis Torres, José. 1942. "Alfombras hispano-moriscas "Tipo Holbein". Archivo Español De Arte / Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Departamento De H. Del Arte "Diego Velaźquez", Centro De Estudios Históricos. 103-111. p. 108, fig. 10

Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Carpet." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 8 (1954): 188-90. www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 176 archive.org

Dimand, M. S. "Two Fifteenth Century Hispano-Moresque Rugs." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 22, no. 10 (1964): 341-52. p. 348

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 220 archive.org

Grube, Ernst J. The World of Islam. 1966. p.83, pl. 44

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 220 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 274 archive.org

Sánchez Ferrer, José. Alfombras antiguas de la provincia de Albacete. Albacete: Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses, C.S.I.C., Confederación Española de Centros de Estudios Locales, 1986. p. 342, 343

Exhibition history

Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).

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Spanish Carpet with a Turkish Pattern

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