Velvet fragment

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.52.20.11

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MMA_.52.20.11

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian

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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Iranian

crt

Iranian

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Velvet fragment

otn

Velvet fragment

Title

false

Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

16th century

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16th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1500

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1500

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1599

oce

1599

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Silk and metal thread; velvet

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Silk and metal thread; velvet

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

H. 31 in. (78.7 cm), Gr. W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)

met

H. 31 in. (78.7 cm), Gr. W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

52.20.11

ooa

52.20.11

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952

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Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

orl

<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Textiles of the Safavid period demonstrate the technical mastery of the weavers as well as their strong dependence upon book illustration and illumination as a pattern source, at least in the products of court workshops. This example features a lattice pattern formed by staggered rows of lobed medallions. The princely pastime of falconry is the subject of the medallion scenes: the bird sits on her master's gloved hand while an attendant, holding a receptacle and a bag for the game, approaches. A duck flies away from the falconer. The background of these scenes was once covered with metal thread, now mostly worn.

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<P>Textiles of the Safavid period demonstrate the technical mastery of the weavers as well as their strong dependence upon book illustration and illumination as a pattern source, at least in the products of court workshops. This example features a lattice pattern formed by staggered rows of lobed medallions. The princely pastime of falconry is the subject of the medallion scenes: the bird sits on her master's gloved hand while an attendant, holding a receptacle and a bag for the game, approaches. A duck flies away from the falconer. The background of these scenes was once covered with metal thread, now mostly worn.</P>

Context

false

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Velvet fragment