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Asian Art
Public domain

Two Lengths Compound Satin from a Ka’aba Cover

18th Century

Warps black silk, satin woven over five

20 1/2 × 34 in. (52.1 × 86.4 cm)
Purchased through Professor Alfred Bellinger, Feb. 24, 1937
1937.9
Geography: 
Turkey
Culture: 
Turkish
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Professor Alfred R. Bellinger; purchased in 1937 by Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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