About This Artwork

Hispano-Islamic
Spain, found at Villalcázar de Sirga, near Palencia

Fragment from Mantle of Doña Leonora, Wife of Don Felipe, Late 13th century

Silk and gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, bands of plain weave with inner warps and complementary weft plain weave with inner warps
33.9 x 12.1 cm (13 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Kufic inscription (translation): Blessing
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, 1950.1150

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Masterpieces of Western Textiles," January 25–March 2, 1969

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "Textile Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago's Collection," February 17–May 2, 1993

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 141, “Devotion and Splendor: Medieval Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” September 20, 2004–January 4, 2005

Publication History

Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p. 37, pl. 19.

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992. pp. 14-15, 143.

The Art Institute of Chicago. “Devotion & Splendor: Medieval Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Museum Studies. vol. 30, no. 2 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2004), cat. no. 8.