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1736-1750 (made)
| Place of origin |
Brocaded silk fragment, with design of falconers on horseback among pink roses and blue tulips against gold ground, Afsharid Iran, 1736-1750
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Brocaded silk fragment, with design of falconers on horseback among pink roses and blue tulips against gold ground, Afsharid Iran, 1736-1750 |
| Physical description | Brocaded silk fragment, with design of falconers on horseback among pink roses and blue tulips against gold ground, Afsharid Iran, 1736-1750 |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | The distinctive headdress worn by the horsemen allows this textile to be dated with a degree of confidence; the high hat with four points and a scarf around the bottom is associated with the reign of Nadir Shah Afshar (reigned 1736-1747) and the Afsharid dynasty. Following Nadir's death there followed a period of economic and political instability in Iran and it seems improbable that a textile of such quality and containing so much metal thread would have been produced during this time. Therefore a production date of 1736 to 1747 is most likely. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Masterpiece: the tale behind an Afsharid figural silk from the V&A, London' by Jennifer Wearden in 'Hali' issue 153 Autumn 2007 pp.64-5.
Illustrated in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker, V&A Publishing, 2010, fig. 4 page 14. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 313-1907 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2003 |
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