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Fragment of a priest's robe with arched medallions
(قطعة من رداء كاهن برصائع مقوسة)

Title	Fragment of a priest's robe with arched medallions
Title Original	قطعة من رداء كاهن برصائع مقوسة
Publication Date:	Second half of the sixteenth century
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	139 × 74 سم (اعظميا)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	TXT 129
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;40;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Second half of the sixteenth century
Notes	This high-quality woven fabric can be dated on the basis of technique and design dating back to the early years of the classical era of Ottoman lampas (kemha) silk in the 1550s when state-encouraged weavers and designers were proving their abilities in competition with Italian silk weavers. The small size of the special-style blooming flowers, their precise drawing, and their symmetrical arrangement are all indications of the early date of fabric making. Fabrics of this type exported to Western and Central Europe were transformed into costumes and church clothes, and the Mass suit was the most common type, which included both (kameh) cloth and Ottoman velvet. The two halves of the other end of this Mass robe are in the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, number 1.51 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, number 08.109.24.
Sample Text	"Fragment of a priest's robe with arched medallions" from Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;40;ar

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Fragment of a priest's robe with arched medallions

(قطعة من رداء كاهن برصائع مقوسة)

Publication Date Second half of the sixteenth century

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 139 × 74 سم (اعظميا)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID TXT 129

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;40;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date Second half of the sixteenth century

Notes This high-quality woven fabric can be dated on the basis of technique and design dating back to the early years of the classical era of Ottoman lampas (kemha) silk in the 1550s when state-encouraged weavers and designers were proving their abilities in competition with Italian silk weavers. The small size of the special-style blooming flowers, their precise drawing, and their symmetrical arrangement are all indications of the early date of fabric making. Fabrics of this type exported to Western and Central Europe were transformed into costumes and church clothes, and the Mass suit was the most common type, which included both (kameh) cloth and Ottoman velvet. The two halves of the other end of this Mass robe are in the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, number 1.51 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, number 08.109.24.

Sample Text "Fragment of a priest's robe with arched medallions" from Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;40;ar