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Textile Fragment with Mamluk Emblem

Textile Fragment with Mamluk Emblem. Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm) W. 12 in. (30.5 cm). Date: late 15th-early 16th century. The Mamluks developed a system of emblems or blazons to signify the role of courtiers serving under each sultan. This emblem dates to the reign of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey (r. 1468-96) or of one of his successors, and is likely a fragment from an article of clothing or a piece of furniture. Numerous Venetian Renaissance paintings, including The Reception of the Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus, incorporate strikingly similar Mamluk emblems in their compositions.
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Title:
Textile Fragment with Mamluk Emblem
Caption:
Textile Fragment with Mamluk Emblem. Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm) W. 12 in. (30.5 cm). Date: late 15th-early 16th century. The Mamluks developed a system of emblems or blazons to signify the role of courtiers serving under each sultan. This emblem dates to the reign of Sultan al-Ashraf Qaitbey (r. 1468-96) or of one of his successors, and is likely a fragment from an article of clothing or a piece of furniture. Numerous Venetian Renaissance paintings, including The Reception of the Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus, incorporate strikingly similar Mamluk emblems in their compositions.
Technique/material:
Wool; appliqued and embroidered
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4079 x 3258 px | 38.0 MB
Print size:
34.5 x 27.6 cm | 13.6 x 10.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AFRICA • ARTS AND CRAFTS: NEEDLEWORK • ATTRIBUTED TO EGYPT • EGYPT • EMBROIDERY • FRAGMENT • FRAGMENTS • HOUSEHOLD: NEEDLEWORK • ISLAMIC ART • KNITTING • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NEEDLEWORK • SEW • SEWING • TEXTILES • TEXTILES-EMBROIDERED • WEAVE • WEAVING • WOOL • WOOL; APPLIQUED AND EMBROIDERED