Textile Fragment
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- Textile: H. 24 in (61 cm) W. 26 1/2 in (67.3 cm) Mount: H. 28 5/8 in (72.7 cm) W. 31 6/8 in (80.6 cm) D. 7/8 in (2.2 cm)
- Origin
- Turkey
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 98%
The catalog lists palmettes and tulips as subjects, while the image shows repeated stylized botanical and floral forms across the textile.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Repeated floral units, scrolling stems, leaves, and medallion-like forms cover the rectangular field in an ornamental surface pattern.
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Symmetrical Visual · 97%
The major floral units are arranged in mirrored and opposing configurations, producing a strong overall sense of bilateral and axial symmetry.
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Dense Composition Visual · 96%
Large floral medallions, bouquets, leaves, and curling stems closely occupy the surface, leaving relatively little blue ground exposed.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%
The textile presents an elaborate ornamental design with numerous stylized floral components and fine internal linear details.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 93%
Curving stems, scrolling tendrils, rounded floral forms, and lobed medallion edges dominate the design vocabulary.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to the mid-16th century, approximately 1525–1575.
Geographic Regions
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Turkish Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives Turkey as the place of origin.
Materials
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Natural Fibers Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies silk as a principal material; the supplied catalog has no silk-specific category, so it is represented by the broader natural-fibers category.
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Metal Metadata · 90%
The medium is recorded as silk with metal-wrapped thread.
Textiles
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Textile Arts Both · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a woven textile fragment, and the image clearly shows a patterned fabric mounted for display.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Textile Fragment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.