Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing
1550–99
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Velvet Fragment, Khusrau Sees Shirin Bathing, 1550–99. Iran, Kashan, Safavid period (1501-1722). Silk; velvet, cut, pile-warp substitution; overall: 21 x 15.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.); mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.499.a
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Velvet
- Formatted Medium
- silk; velvet, cut, pile-warp substitution
- Medium
- silk, velvet, cut, pile-warp, substitution
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21 x 15.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.); Mounted: 44.5 x 26.7 cm (17 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1944.499.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation), <em>Woven Treasures of Persian Art</em>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 1-May 23, 1959).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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