Silk Velvet Fragment with Tiger-Stripe and 'Cintamani' Design

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 16th century
Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions: Textile: L. 28 in. (71.1 cm) W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm) Mount: L. 32 5/16 in. (82.1 cm) W. 15 13/16 in. (40.2 cm)
Origin: Turkey
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #441D0C · 34%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #62421C · 17%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #715229 · 14%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CBA376 · 13%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9A7041 · 8%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #5A190B · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #4D350E · 3%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #782310 · 3%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #270B06 · 3%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #45131A · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #5C501A · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A94C28 · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #2D1C13 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #E9BF95 · <1%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #CF8A45 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #5A263F · <1%

Glasshouse Green · Green family · #327B27 · <1%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #B9A657 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1915

10 tags

Patterns Both · 99%

The catalog title identifies a tiger-stripe and 'Cintamani' design, and the image visibly shows repeated roundels and horizontal undulating bands across the fragment.
Allover Composition Visual · 98%

Recurring roundels and horizontal bands are distributed throughout the surviving surface, creating a broadly repeated decorative arrangement rather than a single focal image.
Curvilinear Forms Visual · 95%

The horizontal bands have flowing, undulating contours, and the roundels are predominantly curved forms.
Dark Colors Visual · 94%

The visible palette is dominated by a deep red ground with dark accents and muted pale olive or yellow-green ornament.
Metallic Both · 84%

The pale bands and roundels have a visible sheen, while the catalog specifies metal-wrapped thread as part of the medium; the photograph's color cast makes the exact reflective quality somewhat uncertain.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated by the museum to the sixteenth century, with date bounds of 1500–1599.

Eastern Mediterranean Metadata · 82%

The museum records the place of origin as Turkey; the broader catalog region used here is Eastern Mediterranean.

Metal Metadata · 99%

The cataloged medium includes metal-wrapped thread.
Natural Fibers Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies silk as the principal fiber material.

Textile Arts Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a textile fragment in the Textiles-Woven category and identifies its medium as silk with cut and voided velvet and brocaded techniques.

Unknown artist. Silk Velvet Fragment with Tiger-Stripe and 'Cintamani' Design. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.