Publication Date
Eleventh/seventeenth century
Publication Place
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Military Museum
Subject
Cotton, silk, leather, collage decoration.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الارتفاع: 4.13م؛ المحيط: 30م
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
AM 3508
Record ID
object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;ar
Library Location
Military Museum
Date
Eleventh/seventeenth century
Notes
This tent belongs to the rectangular type with two columns and an oval plan. It consists of two rectangular walls, each composed of nine sections, and a roof. The two sections of the roof on the long sides and the triangular pieces on the two short sides form a dome-like shape. The roof and walls of the tent were connected together with a system of nails and knots. These connections were hidden from the inside by short curtains. Curtains were also used on the underside of the tent wall. The roof is supported by two pillars, while the wall sections do not have supports, but rather are pulled together using fixing ropes. The outer structure of the tent is made of smooth green-gray fabric, while the internal structure is made of red fabric, densely decorated with groups of repeated patterns. The composition and patterns of the decorations match the decorations of Ottoman tents, which contain columns, arches, vases, and medallions. Part of the wall was used as a decorative unit that is repeated on other sections. The arches are filled with medallions called “suns,” and each of the pointed medallions shows a variety of flowers emerging from vase models. The dense floral decorations that fill the medallions and frames represent the shape of a garden, and the arches and columns appear in the ceiling of the tent, and the ribbons carrying star patterns between two columns in the ceiling symbolize the sky. The pasted decorations were applied using the hem technique, where pieces of silk cloth in various shapes and colors and small pieces of leather were sewn on the floor to form patterns of decoration, and a maximum of five layers of cloth were placed on top of each other. Sweden did not enter into a direct war with the Ottomans, and during their war With the Saxons, they obtained a lot of spoils, including Turkish tents.
Sample Text
Friederike Voigt “Tent” inDiscover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;se;Mus01_A;41;ar
