This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in: English, German, Arabic.

Name of Object:

Textile fragment, green with gold-coloured floral scrolls

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Museum:

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

About MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

Date of Object:

14th century

Museum Inventory Number:

T 873

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Silk, gilt membrane strip

Dimensions:

H: 34cm, W: 35.7cm

Provenance:

Central Asia

Description:

This textile fragment came into the museum’s textile collection through the purchase of textile artefacts negotiated by the Aachen Canon Franz Bock in 1865. The decoration of the fragment consists of stylised flowers and palmettes. During the Middle Ages, valuable mobile artefacts such as textiles arrived from east to west on the trade routes or through the custom of diplomatic gifts. The repertoire of motifs and forms of these textiles reveal the influence of various cultures.

How Object was obtained:

Purchase

Link to catalogue/digitisation in Holding Institution’s database:

https://sammlung.mak.at/sammlung_online?id=collect-90140

Selected bibliography:

Bock, Franz, Katalog der ehemaligen Bock'schen Sammlung von Webereien und Stickereien des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, (Jetzt Eigenthum des k. k. Oesterreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie), Vienna: Gerold, 1865.

Citation of this web page:

Martina Dax "Textile fragment, green with gold-coloured floral scrolls" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;31;en

Prepared by: Martina Dax

MWNF Working Number: AT1 31