Not on display

Woven Silk

1600s (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Iran (made)

This velvet hanging displays the kind of approach to depicting floral motifs common in Indian art at the time. The flowers are shown head-on, facing the viewer directly rather than in profile or at an angle. This kind of floral motif occasionally finds its way into the art of Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran.

Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Woven silk
Materials and techniques
Velvet
Brief description
Textile; velvet, 1600s, Persian
Physical description
Velvet
Dimensions
  • Length: 1060mm
  • Width: 900mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Subject depicted
Flowers
Summary
This velvet hanging displays the kind of approach to depicting floral motifs common in Indian art at the time. The flowers are shown head-on, facing the viewer directly rather than in profile or at an angle. This kind of floral motif occasionally finds its way into the art of Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran.
Bibliographic references
  • The Arts of Islam, Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, 8 April - 4 July, 1976, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. 396p., ill. ISBN 0 7287 0081 6 paper bound, 07287 0080 8 cloth bound. Catalogue entry 88, p.112
  • Royal Academy of Art, Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Persian Art, London, 1931.
  • Tim Stanley, Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East, London, V&A Publications, 2004, p.71, pl.86.
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
733-1892

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Record createdNovember 4, 2003
Record URL
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