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Mameluke carpet
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Mameluke carpet

anonymous · c. 1450 - c. 1500 · wool

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Oriental "Damascus" carpet, so-called mammaluck carpet, with three medallions one above the other on a red central field, two octagonal and in the center an eight-pointed star, filled with radially placed motifs. Smaller medallions fill the field. Turquoise-blue border with a sequence of rhombic and elongated cartouches.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
tapijt
Credit lineMammelukkentapijt. c. 1450 - c. 1500. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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