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Textile FragmentMamluk Dynasty (1250–1517), 14th-15th century

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Fragment of a woven textile with alternating sky-blue stripes and ornamental bands in ivory and navy, featuring repeating stylized flowers and cartouches with Arabic or Persian script
Textile fragment with alternating vertical stripes: teal plain-woven bands flanking narrow navy and gold woven bands bearing stylized floral motifs and repeated cartouches with Arabic script. Edges are frayed and irregular, with loss along the left side.

Unknown, Textile Fragment, Mamluk Dynasty (1250–1517), 14th-15th century (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Fragment
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Mamluk Dynasty (1250–1517), 14th-15th century
Medium
Silk double weave and weft-faced plain weave
Dimensions
19 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (49.21 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.693
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Atil, Esin. Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

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