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Textile Length16th-17th century

Not on view
Vertical textile panel, possibly cut velvet, with an allover repeating pattern of ivory fan or palmette motifs against a crimson red ground, arranged in interlocking rows

Unknown, Textile Length, 16th-17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Length
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
16th-17th century
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet on silk satin ground faced with metallic-thread bound in twill
Dimensions
76 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (194.95 × 65.41 cm) Mount (Strainer): 78 1/2 × 27 3/8 × 3/4 in. (199.39 × 69.53 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.687
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.
  • 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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