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A piece of a loom display with a wavy vine pattern
(قطعة من عرض نول ذو نموذج كرمة متموج)

Title	A piece of a loom display with a wavy vine pattern
Title Original	قطعة من عرض نول ذو نموذج كرمة متموج
Publication Date:	Approximately 672-87 AH / approximately 1565-80 AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Silk, metallic warp threads, lampas (as)
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القماش : الطول : 121.9 سم ، العرض : 67.2 سم الحامل : الطول : 135.3 سم ، العرض : 81.3 سم ، العمق : 2.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	52.20.21
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;26;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Approximately 672-87 AH / approximately 1565-80 AD
Notes	Fine silks in large-scale patterns were the preferred material for fine clothing among the court elite in sixteenth-century Istanbul and were often used to make the distinctive, richly colored caftans of the Ottoman Sultans. In this example used to make the distinctive, richly colored caftans of the Ottoman Sultans, the vertical pattern of the layers is similar in style to that of ceramic wall tiles in buildings of the period. The fabric, which is called kameh in Turkish, includes threads wrapped with metal in lambas or multi-woven fabric. The Ottoman sleeve fabrics qualitatively combine the ground design of satin with woven twill decorated with gold. Its dazzling patterns catch the light and appear to float above the bright background.
Sample Text	“Piece of a loom display with a wavy vine model” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;26;ar

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A piece of a loom display with a wavy vine pattern

(قطعة من عرض نول ذو نموذج كرمة متموج)

Publication Date Approximately 672-87 AH / approximately 1565-80 AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Silk, metallic warp threads, lampas (as)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القماش : الطول : 121.9 سم ، العرض : 67.2 سم الحامل : الطول : 135.3 سم ، العرض : 81.3 سم ، العمق : 2.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 52.20.21

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;26;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Approximately 672-87 AH / approximately 1565-80 AD

Notes Fine silks in large-scale patterns were the preferred material for fine clothing among the court elite in sixteenth-century Istanbul and were often used to make the distinctive, richly colored caftans of the Ottoman Sultans. In this example used to make the distinctive, richly colored caftans of the Ottoman Sultans, the vertical pattern of the layers is similar in style to that of ceramic wall tiles in buildings of the period. The fabric, which is called kameh in Turkish, includes threads wrapped with metal in lambas or multi-woven fabric. The Ottoman sleeve fabrics qualitatively combine the ground design of satin with woven twill decorated with gold. Its dazzling patterns catch the light and appear to float above the bright background.

Sample Text “Piece of a loom display with a wavy vine model” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;26;ar