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Textile Fragment with the Story of Khusrow and Shirin
17th century
Silk; tapestry weave
8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (20.96 x 27.31 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1951.51.82
Culture:
Persian, Iranian, Islamic
Period:
Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification:
Textiles
Status:
Not on view
Provenance:
Ex-collection Lillian P. Bliss.
Bibliography:
Nancy Andrews Reath and Eleanor B. Sachs, Persian Textiles and Their Technique from the Sixth to the Eighteenth Centuries, Including a System for General Textile Classification (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1937), pl. 40.
Arthur Upham Pope and Dr. Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2097, vol. 3, pl. 1042.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
