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A silk velvet piece with repeating stripes resembling leopard skin and a cintamani design (an Asian style used by Ottoman artists) çintamani
(قطعة مخمل حريري ذات خطوط متكررة تشبه جلد النمر وتصميم شنتاماني طراز آسيوي استخدمه الفنانون العثمانيون )

Title	A silk velvet piece with repeating stripes resembling leopard skin and a cintamani design (an Asian style used by Ottoman artists) çintamani
Title Original	قطعة مخمل حريري ذات خطوط متكررة تشبه جلد النمر وتصميم شنتاماني طراز آسيوي استخدمه الفنانون العثمانيون
Publication Date:	The second half of the ninth century - the beginning of the tenth century AH/the second half of the fifteenth century
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Silk, metallic thread used as stamen, velvet cut and hollowed out (chatma), brocade (reeded)
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القماش : الارتفاع : 74.9 سم ،العرض : 71.1 سم الخلفية : الارتفاع : 80 سم ،العرض : 78سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	08.109.23
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;5;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	The second half of the ninth century - the beginning of the tenth century AH/the second half of the fifteenth century
Notes	This initial example of çintamani includes a fabric that is silk velvet in a triangular formation of three alternating circles with two wavy bands. This pattern, whose name is derived from a Sanskrit term meaning "auspicious jewel", appears on Ottoman fabrics, carpets and ceramics. The pile in fine fabrics such as these is formed by two warp threads which are twisted together during the weaving process and then sheared to form a velvety surface. The multi-coloured designs are formed by alternating warp of two or more types in contrasting colors and reeded (embroidered) with coated metal weft threads, forming a grounding. Hollow out in design.
Sample Text	"A piece of silk velvet with repeating lines resembling a leopard's skin and a çintamani design" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;5;ar

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A silk velvet piece with repeating stripes resembling leopard skin and a cintamani design (an Asian style used by Ottoman artists) çintamani

(قطعة مخمل حريري ذات خطوط متكررة تشبه جلد النمر وتصميم شنتاماني طراز آسيوي استخدمه الفنانون العثمانيون )

Publication Date The second half of the ninth century - the beginning of the tenth century AH/the second half of the fifteenth century

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Silk, metallic thread used as stamen, velvet cut and hollowed out (chatma), brocade (reeded)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القماش : الارتفاع : 74.9 سم ،العرض : 71.1 سم الخلفية : الارتفاع : 80 سم ،العرض : 78سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 08.109.23

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;5;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date The second half of the ninth century - the beginning of the tenth century AH/the second half of the fifteenth century

Notes This initial example of çintamani includes a fabric that is silk velvet in a triangular formation of three alternating circles with two wavy bands. This pattern, whose name is derived from a Sanskrit term meaning "auspicious jewel", appears on Ottoman fabrics, carpets and ceramics. The pile in fine fabrics such as these is formed by two warp threads which are twisted together during the weaving process and then sheared to form a velvety surface. The multi-coloured designs are formed by alternating warp of two or more types in contrasting colors and reeded (embroidered) with coated metal weft threads, forming a grounding. Hollow out in design.

Sample Text "A piece of silk velvet with repeating lines resembling a leopard's skin and a çintamani design" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;5;ar