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Textile fragment
Turkish
Ottoman
17th century
Object Place: Turkey or Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk; compound satin
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: length: 1M067; width (maximum) .598
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number01.5816
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCrimson satin ground; pattern in mustard yellow, yellow-green and white floss silks, bound in weft twill. Symmetrical design shows fantastic blossoms and leaves rising from fountains decorated with griffins and herms; pairs of leopards are chained to the fountains. Carnations, tulips and acanthus leaves predominate. Pattern threads worn off in many places.