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Unknown Maker, Iranian

Textile fragment

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Iranian

Culture

Iranian

Title

Textile fragment

Year

mid 1600s

Medium

  • Silk; cut warp pile,
  • voided

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silk; cut warp pile,
  • voided

Materials

silk

Geography

Place Made: Iran, Safavid dynasty, Shafi Abbasi style design

Dimensions

17.8 x 69.8 cm (7 x 27 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

21.370

Type

  • Textiles

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Glimpses of Grandeur: Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Glimpses of Grandeur
Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires
Sep 24, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999
Cloth of Kings
Jan 25, 1985 – Feb 24, 1985
Islamic Art
A Survey
Oct 07, 1982 – Apr 24, 1983

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Iranian
Textile fragment, mid 1600s
Silk; cut warp pile, voided
17.8 x 69.8 cm (7 x 27 1/2 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 21.370

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