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Woven Textile with Small Scale Floral Pattern

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown rectangular textile with a small-scale floral pattern. The fabric is primarily golden brown with a lighter brown floral design throughout. The fabric is rectangular and oriented horizontally. A small gold-colored rectangle is positioned in the bottom-left corner of the brown background. The textile is on a brown background. There are two color reference charts, one above and one below the textile. The top color reference chart is white to dark brown. The bottom color reference chart has 16 squares of various colors with labels underneath. The colors on the bottom chart include brown, beige, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Artwork Details

Date
late 13th–mid-14th century
Medium
Silk, metallic thread, lampas weave
Culture
Central Asia
Dimensions
600 × 519 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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