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The initial impact of the Mongol invasions on urban life in western and Central Asia was catastrophic, but as the descendants of Genghis Khan became established, they adopted many of the court customs of the cultures they had displaced. Craftsmen were ordered from one end of Asia to the other to provide for their needs. This was particularly the case with luxury silks woven on drawlooms, which were, contemporary chroniclers report, everywhere used for robes of honour and also for ceremonial tents. Because of the value of the raw materials and the complexity of their designs, these silks tended to be woven in court workshops, but it is very difficult to match extant silks with particular courts, and in some cases, it is not even easy to distinguish silks of Iranian, Central Asian or Chinese manufacture.
Title
Textile with Palmettes in Lotus Medallions
Date
13th C–14th C
Medium
tabby weave, with supplementary weft, gold thread on strips of leather or parchment, originally on a coral-red ground
Accession number
420
Work type
Textile art