Cover with Geometric Designs Maker: Unknown

mid-18th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Cotton, silk embroidery thread, surface darning on the diagonal

Dimensions

34 1/2 × 31 1/4 in. (87.63 × 79.38 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1937.5210

Geography

Azerbaijan

Culture

Azerbaijani, Islamic

Period

18th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977) Collection, 1936 ; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York #140B; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Jennifer Wearden, "Azerbaijanian Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts," Hali no. 59 (October 1991), 102–11, fig. 13, 15–16
  • Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2159, vol. 3, 1098
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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