Barber's Apron
This oblong-shaped garment was likely used as a barber’s apron. The pattern of vertical stripes with carnations and composite flowers in various stages of bloom is rendered in an extraordinarily complex technique using luxurious metal threads, which suggests that the garment once belonged to a wealthy patron. The depiction of textiles with this distinct pattern in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Persian paintings has helped scholars date them.
Artwork Details
- Title: Barber's Apron
- Date: late 18th century
- Geography: Made in Iran
- Medium: Silk, metal-thread; weft-faced compound plain weave
- Dimensions: H. 58 in. (147.3 cm)
W. 23 in. (58.4 cm) - Classification: Textiles
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.1144
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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