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Collections

Textile Hanging from the Interior of the Ka'aba, Reused as Cenotaph Cover17th - 18th century

Not on view
Vertical crimson textile with an allover pattern of interlocking cream diamonds filled with large Arabic-script calligraphy and framed by a narrow red border
Textile panel with deep red ground covered in an allover diamond and chevron lattice pattern, filled with Arabic calligraphy in cream, with circular medallions at intersecting points.
Title
Textile Hanging from the Interior of the Ka'aba, Reused as Cenotaph Cover
Place Made
Turkey, Probably Istanbul
Date Made
17th - 18th century
Period
Ottoman (1281-1924)
Medium
Silk satin with silk supplementary-weft patterning bound in twill (lampas)
Dimensions
45 1/8 × 25 1/2 in. (114.62 × 64.77 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.10
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.