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Textile Fragment

Object Name: Fragment
Date: last quarter 16th century
Geography: Egypt, Cairo
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Wool (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: H. 77 1/2 in. (196.9 cm) W. 55 1/2 in. (141 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1971
Accession Number: 1971.263.1
On view in Gallery 454
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Documents first refer to Cairo as a carpet-weaving center in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. Carpets of this type figured significantly in Mediterranean commerce and appear in Venetian paintings as early as the mid-sixteenth century. They are characterized by a kaleidoscopic profusion of tiny motifs and a very limited color range, resulting in an iridescent effect. Production of these so-called Mamluk carpets continued through the sixteenth century, even after the Ottoman conquest of Egypt.
  • Provenance

    Joseph V. McMullan, New York (by 1963–71; gifted to MMA)

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