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Egyptian (probably Cairo); Mamluk
Mamluk dynasty
mid-16th century
Object Place: probably Cairo, Egypt
Medium/Technique
Wool warp and wool weft with wool knotted pile
Dimensions
278.9 x 268.9 cm (109 13/16 x 105 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number61.939
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CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWool warp, weft and pile. Sehna knot. Red, yellow-green, and blue pile yarns. Main field: circular center (red ground), surrounded by octagon with points added to form a star (green ground). Surrounding are smaller octagon-stars (red ground except in corners, which have circle-in-square designs (green ground). Border has alternating octagons and oblong shapes (blue ground). Green fringe on both ends. Small sections of red pile repaired.
Provenance1932, V. and L. Benguiat, Paris and New York; April 23, 1932, V. and L. Benguiat sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 34, sold for $2500 to French and Company, New York; sold by French and Co. to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1961, sold by Loewi to the the MFA. (Accession Date: September 20, 1961)