carpet

Not on Display

Geography:
Egypt; Cairo
Culture:
Mamluk
Materials:
wool
Collection:
The Textile Museum Collection
Accession Number:
R16.1.2
Credit Line:
Acquired by George Hewitt Myers
Date:
fourth quarter 15th century
Copyright:
Public domain
Object Type:
Textile
Dimensions:
186.00 L x 137.00 W cm (73 7/32 L x 53 15/16 W in)
Structure:
depressed warps; knotted pile; asymmetrical knot, open left
Used in:
floor covering
Style:
Mamluk
Bibliography:
Walter Denny (Author), "Beyond the Carpet Design Revolution: Perspectives on 15th-century Carpet History", Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies, The International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC), 2011, vol. VII, p. 24, fig. 8-9
Charles Grant Ellis (Author), "Is the Mamluk Carpet a Mandala?", Textile Musum Journal, Textile Museum Journal, Washington, D.C., 1974, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 37, fig. 10
Denny Walter (Author), "Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks", HALI, HALI Publications, London, England, 1981, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 66, fig. 8
Esin Atil (Author), Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., 1981, p. 242, cat. no. 125
Jonathan Bloom (Co-Editor) and Sheila Blair (Co-Editor), And Diverse Are Their Hues: Color in Islamic Art and Culture, Yale University Press in association with The Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU School of the Arts in Qatar, 2011, 279
Charles Grant Ellis (Author), "The Strengths of The Textile Museum's Oriental Carpet Collection", The Textile Museum Journal, The Textile Museum Journal, Washington, D.C., 1985, vol. 24, p. 62, fig. 2
Carol Bier (Author), "Beyond the Pyramids: Geometry and Design in the Carpets of Egypt, 1450-1750", The Textile Museum Bulletin, The Textile Museum Bulletin, Washington, D.C., 1991, vol. Spring, p. 4
Carol Bier (Author), Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services, Washington, D.C., 1981, p. 12-13, fig. 28
Carol Bier (Author), "Approaches to Understanding Oriental Carpets", Arts of Asia, Arts of Asia, Hong Kong, 1996, vol. 26, no. 1, p. 72, fig. 34
Louise W. Mackie (Co-Author) and Ann Pollard Rowe (Co-Author), Masterpieces in The Textile Museum, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1976, p. 14, fig. 5
Murray Eiland (Editor), A World of Oriental Carpets and Textiles, International Conference on Oriental Carpets, Washington, D.C., 2003, p. 4, fig. 3
Jenny Housego (Author), "Mamluk' Carpets and North Africa", Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies II: Carpets of the Mediterranean Countries 1400-1600, Hali Publications, London, England, 1986
Ernst Kühnel (Co-Author) and Louisa Bellinger (Co-Author), Cairene Rugs and Others Technically Related 15th Century-17th Century., The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1957., pls. 1 and 3
Charles Grant Ellis (Author), "Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1988., p. xvii
Carlo Maria Suriano (Author), "A Mamluk Landscape: Carpet Weaving in Egypt and Syria under Sultan Qaitbay", HALI, Hali Publications, London, England, 2004, vol. 134, 104
Sheila S Blair (Co-Author) and Jonathan M. Bloom (Co-Author), The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1994, p. 112, fig. 144
Marianna Shreve Simpson (Author), "Art of the Mamluk Period in Egypt and Syria", Orientations, Orientations, Hong Kong, 1981, vol. 12, no. 10, p. 34, fig. 25
Ramza El Gammal (Author), The Egyptian Mamluk Carpet, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 2019-2020
Alberto Boralevi (Author), "A Rare Mamluk Pair", HALI, Hali Publications, London, 2023, Summer ed., no. 216, p. 68-69, figs.3-4
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Exhibition History:
Mamluk and Ottoman Carpets, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, May 19, 1970 - September 30, 1970
Beyond the Pyramids: Geometry and Design in the Carpets of Egypt, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, June 01, 1991 - February 16, 1992
Mamluk Rugs from Egypt: Jewels from the Textile Museum's Collection, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, March 28, 2003 - September 07, 2003
Oriental Carpet Classics: A Tribute to Charles Grant Ellis, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, October 01, 1997 - February 01, 1998
Masterpieces in the Textile Museum, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, March 27, 1976 - September 30, 1976
Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks, National Museum of Natural History
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