ID: 700000324 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000324	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-vine Pattern (loom width (visual work); unknown Turkish; ca. 1565/1580; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 52.20.21)

Note: Large‑pattern silk textile, as was favored for luxury garments among the courtly elite of 16th-century Istanbul, and were often used for the bold, richly colored caftans of the Ottoman sultans. The weave here, referred to in Turkish as kemha, incorporates metal‑wrapped thread into a lampas, or multiweave fabric. Ottoman kemha fabrics typically combine a satin ground with a design executed in twill and highlighted with gold. Catching the light, their glittering patterns appear to float above a shimmering background.

Titles:

Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-vine Pattern (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

loom width (visual work) [300411327] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, textiles (visual works))

Classifications:

textiles (preferred)

Near Eastern art

Creation Date: ca. 1565/1580

Creator Display:

unknown Turkish [preferred,VP]

weaver unknown Turkish (Turkish cultural designation) [500125270]

Locations:

Creation: Türkiye [1000144] (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 52.20.21

Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460

Display Materials: Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas (kemha)

	silk (textile) [300243428]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

	lampas (textile material) [300254861]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>)

	kemha [300411328]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>)

Dimensions: Textile: L. 121.9 cm (48 in.); W. 67.3 cm (26 1/2 in.); Mount: L. 135.3 cm (53 1/4 in.) W. 81.3 cm (32 in.) D. 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Cultures:

Turkish (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Provenance: Dikran G. Kelekian, New York (until d. 1951; his estate,until 1952; sold to MMA)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-vine Pattern	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 May 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)