Cover

17th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 462

This square textile, sometimes known as a bukhcha, may have been used to wrap or organize items for storage. The floral designs on the front are woven directly into the silk, while the back of the textile features a bright cotton print of red carnations on a yellow ground. The design of staggered rows of blossoming branches was popular in seventeenth-century Safavid textile production. Textiles like these were favored abroad as well as in Iran, and were exported to the West, where they were prized as expensive luxury items.

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Title: Cover
Date: 17th century
Geography: Attributed to Iran
Medium: Silk; woven
Dimensions: H. 17 in. (43.2 cm)
W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933
Object Number: 33.80.11
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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