Cap with striped inscribed silk, 1300s. Two sturdy multilayered caps feature striped silks with animals of the hunt alternating with inscriptions citing the prominent sultan al-Nasir Muhammed ibn Qala’un. The winter-weight quilted cap was part of a set with a matching quilted vest. Sultans and high officials may have worn such caps wrapped with a kerchief according to rank.

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Keywords: 1293-1341, al-din, art, cleveland, egypt, heritage, lampas, mamluk, muhammad, museum, nasir, period, silk, sultanate, syria, textile, unknown