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Piece of silk
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
53.5 x 254 cm (21 1/16 x 100 in.); Legacy dimension: 2.54 x .535
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number08.50
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionStripes of yellow, blue and red silk with designs woven in with red and white silk. Woven into some of the stripes is an Arabic inscription, of which the following is a translation, by I.E. Ul Khouri: The work of Ibn Mohammed The work of (Sughel) ben Mustafa? Ibn Mohammed Al-shareef, (the noble) Al mûsaltan (honored by) (the Sultan) 08.49 is like this piece but with no inscription.