Cap with striped inscribed silk

1300s

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Blue and white silk has been pieced to form a hat with the joins concealed by pink plaited ribbons. Bands of crescent moons alternate first with band of running deer and lions and then with band of Arabic inscriptions written in Naskhi script.

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Title: Cap with striped inscribed silk
Date Created: 1300s
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Bacri Collection, Paris, France, (Loewi - Robertson, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Textile
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.5
Medium: Silk: lampas
Inscriptions: izz li-mawlana al-sultan al-Malik al-Nasir
Department: Textiles
Culture: Egypt or Syria, Mamluk period, probably Sultanate of Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 1293-1341
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Collection: T - Islamic
Accession Number: 1985.5

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