Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants

first half 17th century

Not on view

During the seventeenth century, rows of flowering plants became fashionable designs for textiles in Iran, India, and Turkey. In this example, the plants are fantastic conglomerations of blossoms growing out of pools of coiled waves. The serrated edges of the leaves may show the influence of the so-called saz style popular in Turkey at the same time. Safavid weavers of this period were particularly adept at obscuring the junctions where pattern-repeat units meet, creating the sense of a continuous composition. Safavid velvets were among the finest fabrics sold on the international market and were popular in Iran.

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Title: Velvet Panel with Flowering Plants
Date: first half 17th century
Geography: Attributed to Iran
Medium: Silk, cotton, flat metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions: Textile: H. 45 in. (114.3 cm)
W. 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Mount: H. 52 in. (132.1 cm)
W. 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm)
Wt. 30 lbs. (13.6 kg)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Object Number: 12.72.5
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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