Length of furnishing fabric

Unknown

1830s · Silk · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

From the time when the Ottoman Turks restored the glory of the Eastern Empire with the conquest of Constantinople, their arabesque ornament fascinated Western designers. This intricate repeat-patterned "Moresque" silk could only have been woven on a Jacquard loom of the nineteenth century, so exquisite is its curvilinear detail.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1830s

Medium

Silk

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1971