Section of a Kaaba Cover with Koranic Inscriptions

18th Century

Not on view

Medium: Silk, compound satin weave
Dimensions: 20 1/2 × 34 in. (52.1 × 86.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased through Professor Alfred Bellinger, Feb. 24, 1937
Accession Number: 1937.9
Geography: Found in Brusa, Turkey
Culture: Turkish, Islamic
Period: Ottoman period (1299–1922)
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Acquired by Professor Alfred R. Bellinger, New Haven, by 1937; sold to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1937

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Additional information

Object/Work type

satin

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