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Collections

Banner (Sanjak)early 19th century

Not on view
Large vertical textile banner with sage green ground and crimson red borders covered in Arabic calligraphy, with circular medallions, cartouches, and red seal stamps
Textile banner with sage green field and wide red border, featuring Arabic calligraphic inscriptions in red throughout. Circular and oval medallions with calligraphy are scattered across the field, with a central rectangular cartouche and a round red seal below. A horizontal band of dense red-on-green Arabic script divides the upper register from the main field. Bottom edge is shaped in a rounded point.

Unknown, Banner (Sanjak), early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Title
Banner (Sanjak)
Place Made
Turkey, probably Istanbul
Date Made
early 19th century
Medium
Silk and metallic thread plain weave with silk- and metallic- thread discontinuous supplementary-weft patterning (brocade) and silk plain weave with metallic thread supplementary-weft patterning
Dimensions
122 3/4 x 82 7/8 in. (312 x 210 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.6
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Esguerra, Clarissa, and Michaela Hansen. Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa M., Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville, and Danielle Whitfield, editors. Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.