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Persian, persia

Tomb Cover, early 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Persian

Title

Tomb Cover

Year

early 1700s

Medium

Silk plain weave with supplemental wefts and triple inner warps

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk

Techniques

  • double-faced,
  • complementary wefts,
  • integrated compound weave

Dimensions

Length: 335.3 cm (132 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

First: O Remembrance of the Lion of Repeated Attack! O Husayn!; second: O God! O Muhammad! O'Ali!; third: Lo! We have given thee a signal victory

Place

persia

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.536

About

This late Safavid tomb cover bears text in bands of green, gold, red, and black that refers to Shi’ite Islam, the religious sect dominant during the Safavid Dynasty. The text reads, 'O Remembrance of the Lion of Repeated Attack! O Husayn! / O God! O Muhammad! O Ali! / Lo! We have given thee a signal victory.' This may imply the use of the tomb cover for the burial of a man of high class who had been killed in battle.

First: O Remembrance of the Lion of Repeated Attack! O Husayn!; second: O God! O Muhammad! O'Ali!; third: Lo! We have given thee a signal victory

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Glimpses of Grandeur

Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Asian Textiles and the Grammar of Ornament

November 16, 2007 - August 3, 2008

Glimpses of Grandeur

September 24 - December 26, 1999

Surface Versus Structure

March 22 - August 15, 1985

Islamic Art

October 7, 1982 - April 24, 1983

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 Tomb Cover with the accession number of 55.536. 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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