Seljuk (?) (or
Beyliks Period) carpet fragment, Turkey. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Date: 14th century
Geography: Turkey
Culture: Islamic
Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm) W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Mount: H. 16 1/2
in. (41.9 cm) W. 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927 Accession
Number: 27.170.91
Provenance: [
Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, until 1927; sold to H.E. Winlock for MMA]
Exhibition History
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every
People Under Heaven," September 26, 2016–January 8, 2017, 9c.
References Drake Boehm, Barbara, and Melanie Holcomb, ed. Jerusalem,
1000–1400: Every People under Heaven. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 2016. no. 9c, pp. 34-35, ill. fig. 9c.
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