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Azerbaijani, Southern Caucasus Northwestern Iran

Cover, 1600s - 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Azerbaijani

Title

Cover

Year

1600s - 1700s

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; silk, running stitch (pattern darning)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton,
  • silk

Techniques

  • pattern darning,
  • plain weave,
  • running stitch,
  • darning stitch,
  • block printed,
  • block-printed

Dimensions

Length: 48.3 cm (19 inches)

Place

Southern Caucasus; Northwestern Iran

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich

Object Number

64.095

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Legacy of the Silk Road

February 17 - May 28, 2006

The pattern and format in each of these pieces relate to those seen in tiles made under Safavid rule in Iran. In fact, the smaller cover here might be seen as a blown-up version of one of the "tiles" arranged in a grid-like structure in the larger piece. Both tile and textile in these manifestations serve as displays of an endless repeat, and thus are understood by some as symbolizing eternity.

Baku To Bukhara

April 7 - June 27, 1999

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Cover with the accession number of 64.095. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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