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Woven silk

Woven silk

  • Place of origin:

    Iran (made)

  • Date:

    1600s (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Velvet

  • Museum number:

    733-1892

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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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.

Physical description

Velvet

Place of Origin

Iran (made)

Date

1600s (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Velvet

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

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 ed., with Mariam Rosser-Owen and Stephen Vernoit, Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East, London, V&A Publications, 2004; p. 71, plate 86

Exhibition History

Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo 01/10/2005-04/12/2005)
Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas 03/04/2005-04/09/2005)
Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria and Albert Museum (National Gallery of Art, Washington 18/07/2004-06/02/2005)

Subjects depicted

Flowers

Categories

Textiles

Collection code

MES

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