Rectangular Textile Fragment

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: second half 16th century
Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions: Textile: H. 66 in. (167.6 cm) W. 52 in. (132.1 cm) Mount: H. 70 1/2 in. (179.1cm) W. 56 1/8 in. (142.6 cm) D. 2 in. (5.1 cm) Wt. 89 lbs. (40.4 kg)
Origin: Turkey
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Rosewood Wash · Red family · #5C1414 · 30%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #908864 · 18%

Parchment Ochre · Yellow family · #B2AD86 · 17%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #686341 · 13%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #722C28 · 6%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #7C3933 · 6%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5C3F2D · 4%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #835A45 · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #645B49 · 2%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3E0204 · 1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #730F21 · <1%

Laurel Cloth · Green family · #616D55 · <1%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5A3715 · <1%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #C1998F · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #B7A267 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #A2B194 · <1%

Terra Sigillata Red · Red family · #B2605E · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #592D3F · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1917

12 tags

Flora Both · 99%

Leaves are the museum-recorded subject, and the image is dominated by repeated large leaves, stems, and other botanical forms.
Animals Visual · 87%

Repeated stylized bird forms appear in paired arrangements within the botanical pattern, although their species cannot be identified confidently.

Patterns Visual · 99%

The surface is organized by recurring botanical, avian, and lobed motifs repeated across the red ground.
Symmetrical Visual · 99%

The principal motifs are arranged in strongly mirrored pairs and balanced repeated units around vertical axes.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Large leaves, branches, flowers, and bird motifs cover most of the field, leaving relatively little unpatterned ground.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 97%

The textile is richly decorated with layered foliage, small blossoms, outlined forms, and repeated ornamental units across the rectangular field.
Arabesque/Scroll Visual · 90%

Curving stems and scrolling foliage create a continuous arabesque-like ornamental rhythm around the central motifs.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The museum dates the textile to the second half of the sixteenth century.

Metal Metadata · 95%

The museum records metal-wrapped thread as part of the medium. Metallic thread is not securely distinguishable from the image alone.

Textile Arts Both · 99%

The museum classifies the object as a textile fragment, and the image clearly shows a woven textile surface presented as a rectangular fragment.
Use of Fabric Both · 99%

The catalog identifies silk as a medium, while the image visibly presents a fabric surface with woven structure and worn threads. The precise fiber composition is not independently determinable from the image.

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