Works of Art (20)
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Anhalt carpet, mid-16th century,
Iran,
Cotton warp, silk weft, wool pile, asymmetrically knotted (46.128) |
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Banner, dated 1225 A.H.; 1810, Turkey, Silk, metal-wrapped yarn (1976.312) |
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Batrashil, 1534/35, Syria, Silk embroidery with metallic thread (14.137) |
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Brocade, 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread (59.58) |
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Carpet, early 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Wool pile on silk foundation (10.61.3) |
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Cushion cover, 17th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Silk (08.109.11) |
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The Emperor's Carpet (detail), mid-16th century,
Iran (probably Herat),
Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), asymmetrically knotted pile (43.121.1) |
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Ensemble, late 19th–early 20th century, Palestinian, Silk, wool, metallic thread (C.I.39.91.14a—f) |
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Fragments of a jacket, early 14th century, Egypt or Syria; Possibly made for the Rasulid sultan of Yemen, al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr al-Din Dawud ibn Yusuf, Silk with brown and ivory stripes, double-cloth weave (31.14a,b) |
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Kashan carpet, second half of 16th century; Safavid, Iranian; Attributed to Kashan, Iran, Pile weave, silk pile on silk foundation (14.40.721) |
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Khorasan-type carpet fragment, late 16th or early 17th century; Safavid,
Iran,
Cotton and silk (foundation), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile (2001.54) |
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Loom-width piece of velvet, late 15th century,
Probably Bursa, Turkey, possibly Venice,
Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (53.157) |
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Panel from a kaftan, mid-16th century; Ottoman, Turkey (Istanbul), Silk and metallic threads, compound weave (52.20.15) |
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Pieced panel of brocaded silk, second half of 16th century,
Probably Bursa, Turkey,
Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (17.29.10) |
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"Polonaise" carpet, early 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk, gold and silver thread (50.190.1,2) |
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Prayer carpet, late 16th century; Ottoman, Attributed to Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey, Pile weave, wool and cotton pile on silk foundation (22.100.51) |
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Textile Fragment with Printed Lions, 10th–11th century, Iran or Afghanistan, Silk and cotton, printed (31.106.64) |
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Textile fragment, second half of 16th century; Ottoman, Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, Silk and metal thread; a compound weave (satin and twill) (52.20.21) |
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Velvet fragment, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread; velvet (52.20.11) |
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Velvet fragment, late 15th–early 16th century; Ottoman, Anatolia (Bursa), Silk and metallic thread (08.109.23) |
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Thematic Essays (5)
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