Textile

29-172-5

From: Lebanon | Mount Lebanon

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-172-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Asian | Arabic
Provenience Lebanon | Mount Lebanon
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Woven
Inscription Language Arabic Language
Description

Weaving sample? Silky but coarse weave with woven strips in green, blue, magenta with a diamond in the center containing Arabic writing which says: Jabal Lubnan (جبل لبنان‎), meaning Mt. Lebanon. There is a magenta border with yellow edges.

Length 40.5 cm
Width 34 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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