Textile Fragment

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: late 15th–16th century
Medium: Silk
Dimensions: Textile: H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm) W. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Origin: Spain
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Venetian Dust · Red family · #A06264 · 20%

Damson Wash · Purple family · #7F5573 · 17%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #D59395 · 11%

Venetian Dust · Red family · #B14F4E · 9%

Shell Cameo · Pink family · #BA7E80 · 9%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #82474B · 8%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #72363A · 5%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #C593AA · 5%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #EFB7BA · 5%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #ECC1D6 · 4%

Cardinal Silk · Red family · #B6324C · 3%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #74615F · 2%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #57292C · 2%

Madder Blush · Pink family · #472838 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #886A49 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6D7467 · <1%

Madder Flare · Red family · #B43D76 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6A7377 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in honor of Olga Raggio, 2002

10 tags

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated motifs and narrow borders form a series of horizontal ornamental bands across the fragment.
Geometric Visual · 96%

The composition uses repeated diamond, medallion, stepped, and other clearly geometric forms.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%

Multiple registers contain tightly arranged motifs, including floral-like shapes, scrolling forms, and small repeated units.
Symmetrical Visual · 88%

Repeated motifs are arranged in regular registers with a strong visual order and approximate bilateral repetition.

15th Century Art Metadata · 95%

The catalog dates the fragment to the late fifteenth–sixteenth century, encompassing both the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
16th Century Art Metadata · 95%

The catalog dates the fragment to the late fifteenth–sixteenth century, explicitly including the sixteenth century.

Natural Fibers Metadata · 98%

The catalog identifies the medium as silk, a natural fiber.

Textile Arts Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a textile fragment, and the image visibly shows a rectangular woven textile with frayed edges.
Use of Fabric Both · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium as silk, while the image clearly presents a patterned fabric surface.

Unknown artist. Textile Fragment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.