Textile Panel
1550-1600 (made)
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Silk tissue, woven in pale green, yellow, white and black silks on a crimson satin ground. A portion of a pattern is repeated in rows between trees, representing a captive woman being led by a warrior who carries an axe over his shoulder; the remainder of the ground is filled with flowering stems.
Colours: green, yellow, white, black, crimson.
Colours: green, yellow, white, black, crimson.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk tissue, twill woven on satin ground |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Silk panel, twill figure on satin ground, design of figures on red ground, thought to commemorate Safavid Shah Tahmasp's campaign against the Georgians, specifically the raid against the city of Kartlia in 1553, Iran, 1550-1600 |
| Physical description | Silk tissue, woven in pale green, yellow, white and black silks on a crimson satin ground. A portion of a pattern is repeated in rows between trees, representing a captive woman being led by a warrior who carries an axe over his shoulder; the remainder of the ground is filled with flowering stems. Colours: green, yellow, white, black, crimson. |
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| Object history | Thought to commemorate Shah Tahmasp's campaign against the Georgians, specifically the raid against the city of Kartlia in 1553. Purchased for £13 18s. 4d. from F. Schutz, 18 Rue Bonaparte, Paris. |
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| Accession number | 34-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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