Publication Date
17th century
Publication Place
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Benaki Museum
Subject
Silk, camouflage metallic thread
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول : 262 العرض : 187 مع البطانة
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
3950
Record ID
object;EPM;gr;Mus21;6;ar
Library Location
Benaki Museum
Date
17th century
Notes
This prayer rug is woven with three archways, hanging lamps, vases containing bunches of flowers and large flower rolls. The pastel pink colors and floral twist-woven headband are typical of Chian silk. The famous type dates back to 1742 and was kept in a monastery at Mon in Chios. The export of Cheyenne silk is recorded from the fifteenth century, when the island was under Genoese rule, and continued until the island passed into the hands of the Ottomans in 1566.
Sample Text
"Prayer rug" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;gr;Mus21;6;ar
