From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Islamic World

Cradle Cover from Uzbekistan

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Post date September 13, 2023

Yellow, tented textile with a vertical slit down the center and red and white patterning

Cradle cover; Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Bukhara; 1870-1890. Silk, cotton; warp-faced plain weave, warp ikat, calendared; 71 x 90 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 2005.36.82A. The Megalli Collection.

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Suzani from Uzbekistan

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Post date June 28, 2023

Detail of a textile with a cream background and sprays of embroidered flowers

Suzani hanging; Uzbekistan, Nurata or Bukhara; 19th century. Cotton, silk; balanced plain weave, embroidery; 215 x 149 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 4.1. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers prior to 1951.

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Textile Fragment from Iran

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Post date February 22, 2023

Almost square textile fragment with a green background and details of various figures in garden scenes

Textile fragment, Iran, 16th-17th century. Cotton, silk; plain weave, embroidery; 61 x 66 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 3.43. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1931.

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Carpet Fragment from Egypt

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Post date December 3, 2021

Carpet fragment with central lobed octagonal medallion on a red ground

Carpet fragment, Egypt, Cairo, late 15th/early 16th century. Wool, goat hair?; knotted pile; 240 x 210 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1965.49.1. Museum purchase.

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Velvet Fragment from Turkey

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Post date November 5, 2021

Velvet textile fragment; Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul; Ottoman period, c. 1550-1600. Silk, metallic-wrapped yarn, cotton; satin weave, supplementary-warp pile, supplementary-weft patterning, twill weave; 77 x 53 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1.53. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1951.