textile fragment

Not on Display

Geography:
Iran
Materials:
silk; foil, gilded; foil, silver
Collection:
The Textile Museum Collection
Accession Number:
3.141
Credit Line:
Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1930
Date:
late 17th century-early 18th century ;
Copyright:
Public domain
Object Type:
Textile
Dimensions:
Structure:
supplementary-weft patterning; twill weave, double-faced
Style:
Safavid
Bibliography:
Arthur Upham Pope (Editor) and Phyllis Ackerman (Co-Editor), A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to The Present, Oxford University Press, London and New York, 1967, vol. 14, p. 2137, fig.711b, text p. 2136
Phyllis Ackerman (Author), "Persian Textiles", Ciba Review, Ciba Review, Basle, 1953, vol. 98, p. 3529
M. S. Dimand (Author), A Guide to an Exhibition of Oriental Rugs and Textiles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, NY, 1935, pl. 22
Axel Langer (Editor), The Fascination of Persia: The Persian-European Dialogue in Seventeenth-Century Art and Contemporary Art in Teheran, Museum Rietberg and Scheidegger & Spiess AG, Zurich, Switzerland, 2013, p. 63, fig. 23
Nancy Andrews Reath (Co-Author) and Eleanor B. Sachs (Co-Author), Persian Textiles: Persian Textiles and Their Technique from the Sixth to the Eighteenth Centuries Including a System for General Textile Classification, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1937, Example 57, Plate 57
Steven Cohen (Co-Author) and Rosemary Crill (Co-Author) and Monique Levi-Strauss (Co-Author) and Jeffrey B. Spurr (Co-Author), Kashmir Shawls: The Tapi Collection, The Shoestring Publisher, Millinocket, ME, 2012, p. 373, pl. 111
Carol Bier (Editor), Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran 16th-19th Centuries, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1987, p. 176-177, cat. no. 20
Adèle Coulin Weibel (Author), 2000 Years of Silk Weaving, E. Weyhe, New York, NY, 1944, cat. no. 281, plate 65
"Antique Avant Garde", Exhibitions, Hali, Exhibitions, Hali, London, England, 1997, no. 94, p. 97
Axel Langer (Editor), Art in Iran and Europe in the 17th Century: Exchange and Reception, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, Switzerland, 2013
Maryam D. Ekhtiar (Editor) and Priscilla P. Soucek (Editor) and Sheila R. Canby (Editor) and Navina Najat Haidar (Editor), Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2011, p. 252-253
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Exhibition History:
From Palace to Parlor: Islamic Textiles Inspire Avant Garde Design, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, March 28, 1997 - August 31, 1997
Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart: Textile Arts of the Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16th - 19th centuries, September 12, 1987 - February 11, 1988
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