Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern

نسيج كمخا متموّج

Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 52.20.21.

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A complete loom display of silk and metal kamkha fabric with wavy branches, Turkey; about 1565–1580, Ottoman. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

People and things also explored

Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/nasi-kamkha/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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