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Woven Silk

1300-1500 (made)
Place of origin
Syria (made)
Egypt (made)

Middle East, Textile; Silk, tan satin damask with repeat pattern of lobed roundels and teardrop medallions containing Arabic inscriptions, Mamluk Syria or Egypt, 1300-1500


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Africa
Object type
Woven silk
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Silk, tan satin damask with repeat pattern of lobed roundels and teardrop medallions containing Arabic inscriptions, Mamluk Syria or Egypt, 1300-1500
Style
Mamluk
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Woven in the teardrop medallions)
    Translation
    Glory to our lord the Sultan
    Transliteration
    `Izz li-mawlana al-sultan
  • (Woven in the lobed roundels)
    Translation
    The Sultan the king
    Transliteration
    al-sultan al-malik
Object history
From the Bock collection
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
8614-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O264758/woven-silk/
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