Safavid silk with irises probably Esfahan 17th century
Safavid silk with irises probably Esfahan 17th century
Panel in salmon-pink taffeta embroidered with silk threads in shades of grey, white, beige and blue-night and silver thread, of six bunches of irises.
19x71cm
A Safavid metal-threads embroided taffeta panel, probably Isfahan, 17th century.
References:
Andrews Reath and Eleanor B. Sachs "Persian textiles", Yale University press, 1937, example 3 plate 3, example 78 plate 78.
A. P. Pope and Ph. Ackerman, "A survey of persian Art", 1938, vol. 5, pp. 2134-2135
Scala-Ph. Wilson, 1985, "Treasures of Islam", p. 334, p. 346
Persian silks reached the peak of their development under Shah 'Abbas II at the same time as the French silk industry was at its peak under Louis XIV. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Safavid silk with irises probably Esfahan 17th century
Panel in salmon-pink taffeta embroidered with silk threads in shades of grey, white, beige and blue-night and silver thread, of six bunches of irises.
19x71cm
A Safavid metal-threads embroided taffeta panel, probably Isfahan, 17th century.
References:
Andrews Reath and Eleanor B. Sachs "Persian textiles", Yale University press, 1937, example 3 plate 3, example 78 plate 78.
A. P. Pope and Ph. Ackerman, "A survey of persian Art", 1938, vol. 5, pp. 2134-2135
Scala-Ph. Wilson, 1985, "Treasures of Islam", p. 334, p. 346
Persian silks reached the peak of their development under Shah 'Abbas II at the same time as the French silk industry was at its peak under Louis XIV. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Time, Location
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