Mamluk Carpets Rugs

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Mamluk carpets rugs.

Carpets of this design were produced in cairo largely for the southern european luxury trade. You will often find an array of smaller geometric motifs. Patterns focus on central medallions or a field of medallions within a geometric maze of polygon shapes. Mamluk carpets are characterized by their unique weave and fine wool.

And cairo became the capital of their thriving carpet industry by the 15th century. Mamluk rugs and carpets 1250 1517 paramamluk carpets 16th 18th century ottoman cairene carpets sultan qaitbay carpet fragment victoria albert museum london the carpet exhibits the coat of arms of mamluk sultan qaitbay ad 1468 1496. They take their name from the mamluk dynasties that ruled egypt from 1250 through 1517. Original mamluk carpets are some of the most mysterious rugs in existence and scholars still debate the exact circumstances surrounding their production.