Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
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
Not on view

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

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Textile
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
19th century
Silk; woven with metal-wrapped threads
2020.68
Textile with Qur'anic Inscriptions
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
Late 17th–18th century
Silk; lampas weave, satin foundation with patterning wefts in plain weave binding
2007.1307
Cover (Bohça)
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
early 19th century
Wool; embroidered with silk with silver and silver-gilt lamella couched over cotton
2020.55
Velvet Panel
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
late 16th–early 17th century
Silk, cotton, and metal-wrapped thread: cut and voided velvet, brocaded
2015.80
Palmettes in Ogival Lattice
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
late 16th century
Linen; embroidered with silk thread
2013.82
Banner
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
later 17th Century or later
Silk; woven with metallic thread
2021.317
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1870
Silk
98.516
[Panel]
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
17th century
Wood
2022.366
Processional Standard
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
17th century
Steel
2022.370
Recto overall view
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
18th century
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
2022.369
Inscribed Beam
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
17th century
Wood; carved
2022.371
Mirror with a Pair of Addorsed Sphinxes with Scorpion Tails
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
12th-13th century
Bronze
2022.368