Mamluk Carpet

سجادة مملوكية

Mamluk Carpet; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 22.100.52.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

A Mamluk Sufi prayer rug with a symmetrical central geometric pattern, probably Egypt; early sixteenth century, one of the rare carpets of Mamluk Cairo. 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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