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Floor mat (yellow) with a design of tulips and pomegranate flowers
(مفرش أرضي صفرة بتصميم أزهار التوليب والرمان)

Title	Floor mat (yellow) with a design of tulips and pomegranate flowers
Title Original	مفرش أرضي صفرة بتصميم أزهار التوليب والرمان
Author	Georg Penz, German, ca. 1500-1550
Author Original	جورج بينسز ، ألماني،تقريبا
Publication Date:	The eleventh century to the beginning of the twelfth century AH / seventeenth century AD
Publication Place	- Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject	Linen with silk embroidery
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القطر :106.7 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	175:1952
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus24;13;ar
Library Location	Saint Louis Art Museum
Date	The eleventh century to the beginning of the twelfth century AH / seventeenth century AD
Notes	The piece is a circular floor mat (safrah) designed with tulips and pomegranate flowers. Around the outer edge there is a narrow border of flowering images, and within this is a wide ring containing large tulips within it, arranged alternately. In the center there is a double circle containing floral images like those in the border. The fabric is mounted on a red velvet background. The design features embroidered elements in red, blue, green, white and yellow on a simple, natural background. There are minor repairs and many spots. The fabric is perforated in the middle.
Sample Text	“Floor tablecloth (safrah) with a design of tulips and pomegranate flowers” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;13;ar

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Floor mat (yellow) with a design of tulips and pomegranate flowers

(مفرش أرضي صفرة بتصميم أزهار التوليب والرمان)

Author Georg Penz, German, ca. 1500-1550

Author Original جورج بينسز ، ألماني،تقريبا

Publication Date The eleventh century to the beginning of the twelfth century AH / seventeenth century AD

Publication Place - Saint Louis Art Museum

Subject Linen with silk embroidery

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القطر :106.7 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 175:1952

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus24;13;ar

Library Location Saint Louis Art Museum

Date The eleventh century to the beginning of the twelfth century AH / seventeenth century AD

Notes The piece is a circular floor mat (safrah) designed with tulips and pomegranate flowers. Around the outer edge there is a narrow border of flowering images, and within this is a wide ring containing large tulips within it, arranged alternately. In the center there is a double circle containing floral images like those in the border. The fabric is mounted on a red velvet background. The design features embroidered elements in red, blue, green, white and yellow on a simple, natural background. There are minor repairs and many spots. The fabric is perforated in the middle.

Sample Text “Floor tablecloth (safrah) with a design of tulips and pomegranate flowers” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;13;ar