Silk Splendour

The Fabric that Defined Mamluk Luxury

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Silk Splendour

By Shireen Ellinger

Of all the fine fabrics produced in Egypt during the Mamluk era, the sumptuous silks were perhaps the most renowned and coveted throughout the medieval world.

This article was first published in print in RAWI's ISSUE 11, 2021

Shireen Ellinger received her BA in history of art at Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and her MA in history of art and archaeology of the Islamic Middle East at SOAS (UOL). Currently, she is a doctoral researcher at the University of Bonn on a thesis entitled ‘Mamluk Silk Production in Egypt and Syria (1250–1400)’ and works at the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art in London.

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