Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Index: Textile, Silk, Africa (including Egypt)

Works of Art (7)

Curtain, 18th century, Tunisia, Silk (09.160)
Embroidered panel, ca. 1800, Morocco, Linen, silk (1970.272)
Panel from a curtain, 18th century, North Africa, Linen, silk (69.142)
Roundel, probably 6th–7th century, Byzantine; said to be from Panopolis (Akhmim), Egypt, Polychrome silk embroidery on undyed linen (90.5.16)
Silk with Griffins, first half of 13th century, Central Asian, Sicilian, or North African, Silk and silver-gilt metal on parchment over cotton (1984.344)
Textile Mantile (Lamba Mpanjaka), 1998, Madagascar; Malagasy (Merina) peoples, Silk (1999.102)
Textile panel, 15th–16th century, Spain or North Africa, Silk, compound weave (46.156.16)

Thematic Essays (1)