Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern

Unknown Artist

ca. 1565–80

Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas (kemha)

Dimensions

Textile: L. 48 in. (121.9 cm) W. 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm) Mount: L. 53 1/4 in. (135.3 cm) W. 32 in. (81.3 cm) D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Textiles

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952

Accession Number

52.20.21

Tags

Vines

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