Group of Persian Textile Fragments

CultureSafavid
Titles
  • Group of Persian Textile Fragments
Date16th–20th century
MediumSilk
DimensionsVaried
Credit LineGift of Nasrin and Abolala Soudavar
Object number2020.220.1-.49
Non exposé

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Provenance[Saeed Motamed, Iran]; Nasrin and Abolala Soudavar, Houston; gifted to MFAH, 2020.

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Textile
19th century
Silk; woven with metal-wrapped threads
2020.68
Textile with Qur'anic Inscriptions
Late 17th–18th century
Silk; lampas weave, satin foundation with patterning wefts in plain weave binding
2007.1307
Tent panel
18th century
Quilted cotton; embroidered with silk threads
33.95
Shakhrisyabz Suzani
c. 1800
Cotton; embroidered with silk thread
2016.83
Banner
late 17th century or later
Silk; woven with metallic thread
2021.317
Velvet Panel
c. 1625
Silk velvet
2023.108
Embroidered Panel
c. 1750–1800
Cotton; embroidered with silk and metal-wrapped thread; couching and satin stitch
2016.287
Palmettes in Ogival Lattice
late 16th century
Linen; embroidered with silk thread
2013.82
Cover (Bohça)
early 19th century
Wool; embroidered with silk with silver and silver-gilt lamella couched over cotton
2020.55
Velvet Panel
late 16th–early 17th century
Silk, cotton, and metal-wrapped thread: cut and voided velvet, brocaded
2015.80
Prayer Mat
19th century
Cotton; block-printed and mordant-dyed
33.24
Dragons of Karabakh
Faig Ahmed
2021
Cotton warp and weft, wool pile; symmetrical knot
2023.109