About This Artwork
FragmentMamluk period (1250–1517), 14th/15th century
Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in plain interlacings
23.5 x 29.4 cm (9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Repeat: 15.7 x 12.7 cm (6 1/4 x 5 in.)
Restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. John V. Farwell III, 1982.1462
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 17-18, 143.