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Textile with Ogival Lattice
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An elaborate foliate arabesque fills the ogival compartments carved out by the undulating lattice. The checkerboard surface of the lattice, punctuated with swirling roundels, suggests an acquaintance with Mamluk silk textiles.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. E. M. Soudavar in honor of Dr. Tom Lentz
Title: Textile with Ogival Lattice
Description:
An elaborate foliate arabesque fills the ogival compartments carved out by the undulating lattice.
The checkerboard surface of the lattice, punctuated with swirling roundels, suggests an acquaintance with Mamluk silk textiles.
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