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Unknown Maker, Persian

Tomb Cover, Safavid

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Persian

Title

Tomb Cover

Year

Safavid

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Silk plain weave with supplemental wefts and triple inner warps

Techniques

  • Silk plain weave with supplemental wefts and triple inner warps

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

Place Made: Persia

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.536

Tomb Cover

Manual / Issue 15

Green
Read Online

Selected Works

Glimpses of Grandeur

Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

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 Made: Persia

Publications

Manual / Issue 15

Green
Read Online

Selected Works

Glimpses of Grandeur

Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

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
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