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Fragment of samite with star patterns and Kufic script
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Fragment of samite with star patterns and Kufic script

anonymous · 1600 - 1799 · samite; tabby; silk

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

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Fragment of a silk textile with black warp threads and white, black, red, and yellow weft threads forming a border ornament consisting of adjacent black-and-white outlined hexadecagons on a red ground, containing an ornament of star-shaped crossing Kufic lettering and a yellow star as a central decoration. Along the sides of the hexadecagons are small white fields with black lettering. A white and black border ornament encloses the red fields.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineFragment van samiet met sterpatronen en Koefisch schrift. 1600 - 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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