Publication Date
Approximately the seventh century AH / fourteenth century AD
Publication Place
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Silk, lambas
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
القماش : الطول : 102 سم ، العرض : 36.2 سم الحامل : الطول : 114.9 سم ، العرض : 50.2 سم ، العمق : 2.5 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
29.22
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;13;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
Approximately the seventh century AH / fourteenth century AD
Notes
This cloth shows bands with variable patterns that include interlaced layout patterns. Here the texts convey wishes for happiness, good fortune and prosperity. The color intensity of the brightly colored piece with the contrasting colors of red, green and gold characterizes the fabrics produced during the era of the Nasiriyah state and the following periods in Spain and North Africa. Its appearance is in sharp contrast to fabrics produced in earlier periods, which display a lighter, more subtle color combination of mint green and light blue colors and a greater use of metal-wrapped threads.
Sample Text
"A piece of cloth" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;13;ar
