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    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Textile Fragment with a Courtier and Prisoner

    Artist: Abdallah, active 17th century
    Date: 
    early 17th century
    Medium: 

    Silk; compound weave

    Accession Number: 
    1951.51.86
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Fragment of a Tent Panel with a Hunting Scene

    Date: 
    mid-16th century
    Medium: 

    Silk; cut and voided velvet with metal foil

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4624
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Brocaded fragment of striped plain cloth and satin

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Brocade cloth, satin

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4748
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Zand dynasty (1751–94), Qajar dynasty (1789–1925)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Textile Fragment with Figures, Animals, and Plants

    Maker: Khwaja Ghiyath ad-din ‘Ali, active late 16th–early 17th century
    Date: 
    late 16th–early 17th century
    Medium: 

    Triple-weave silk

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4626
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Textile Fragment with Poetic Scenes and Verses

    Date: 
    17th century
    Medium: 

    Double cloth (two plain weaves); in red and white silk with silver metallic thread

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4625
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Half of Sash

    Date: 
    17th century
    Medium: 

    Compound cloth, brocaded

    Accession Number: 
    1937.4784
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Brocaded compound satin

    Date: 
    Probably late 17 century
    Medium: 

    Silk, satin

    Accession Number: 
    1940.42
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Rug

    Medium: 

    Wool

    Accession Number: 
    1955.69
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Mahal Carpet

    Date: 
    Mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Handwoven wool pile on cotton

    Accession Number: 
    2011.20.1
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Textile Fragment with the Story of Khusrow and Shirin

    Date: 
    17th century
    Medium: 

    Silk; tapestry weave

    Accession Number: 
    1951.51.82
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, Islamic
    Period: 
    Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
    Classification: 
    Textiles
    Status: 
    Not on view

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