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Asian Art
Compound satin
11th–13th century
Silk, satin and lampas weave
11 13/16 × 15 9/16 in. (30 × 39.5 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1937.4621
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Classification:
Textiles
Provenance:
Said to have come from the Rayy graves, 1925; Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) and Phyllis Ackerman (1893–1977) Collection, 1936 ; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Arthur Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, 6 vols. (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2023, 2041–42, no. 57, fig. 657.
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.
