Embroidery fragment

Mamluk Sultanate, 1250–1517

y1958-321

Information

Title

Embroidery fragment

Medium

Tan-colored wool with panels of lozenges worked in brown (formerly blue)

Dimensions

5 × 8 cm (1 15/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Alan J. B. Wace and Miss Elizabeth Wace

Object Number

y1958-321

Place Made

Levant or Egypt, Levant

Culture

Islamic (culture or style)

Period

Mamluk

Type

fragments, textiles

Materials

wool (textile)

Subject

lozenges

Acquired by Wace family at an unknown date from an unknown source; given to the Museum in 1958 by Mrs. Alan J. B. Wace (Helen Pence) and Elizabeth Wace.

"Recent Acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 18, no. 1 (1959): p. 40-42., p. 40

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Citation

Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), Levant, Levant or Egypt, Embroidery fragment. Tan-colored wool with panels of lozenges worked in brown (formerly blue); 5 × 8 cm. Gift of Mrs. Alan J. B. Wace and Miss Elizabeth Wace (y1958-321)
Princeton University Art Museum.
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/18368

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