Publication Date
Fourth-fifth / eleventh-twelfth centuries
Publication Place
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Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Subject
Woven silk embroidered with silver and gold.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 35.5 سم؛ العرض: 22.8 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
A. 1934.482
Record ID
object;ISL;uk;Mus03;4;ar
Library Location
Royal Museum, National Museum of Scotland NMS
Date
Fourth-fifth / eleventh-twelfth centuries
Notes
A piece of woven silk that is believed to have been part of a shirt, and the designs on the fabric are intertwined with silver and gold threads, resembling a brocade. The red color with blue and yellow details dominates the design, which consists of decorative frames in the shape of rhombuses composed of individual flowers. They include octagons with red, yellow, and blue borders, and within the octagons is the shape of a rooster facing to the left. The spaces between the rhombuses are filled with decorative bands composed of alternating patterns of large stars and small octagons with star patterns in their centre.
Sample Text
Ulrike Al-Khamis “Fragment of tapestry with medallions containing a rooster” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;uk;Mus03;4;ar
