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Source Description
Twill-weave fabrics were used to make garments, especially jackets, during the Safavid period. It was not until after the 1570s that Iranian textiles began to regularly feature the human figure as a decorative motif. Weavers drew from Persian paintings for their subject matter, such as the favorite princely pastime of falconing. Trained falcons were brought on royal hunts to locate and retrieve the prey; close relationships developed between the falcon and the falconer.
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127145
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Section of Silk Fabric with Falconers Amid Rose Bushes
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127145
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object
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Section of Silk Fabric with Falconers Amid Rose Bushes
description
Twill-weave fabrics were used to make garments, especially jackets, during the Safavid period. It was not until after the 1570s that Iranian textiles began to regularly feature the human figure as a decorative motif. Weavers drew from Persian paintings for their subject matter, such as the favorite princely pastime of falconing. Trained falcons were brought on royal hunts to locate and retrieve the prey; close relationships developed between the falcon and the falconer.
date
c. 1675
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757462
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 47.7 x 48.3 cm (18 3/4 x 19 in.); Mounted: 58.4 x 58.4 cm (23 x 23 in.)
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Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722)
accession
1949.467
Source extras
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Silk and silver-metal thread: twill weave with complementary and discontinuous weft
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Section of Silk Fabric with Falconers Amid Rose Bushes, c. 1675. Iran, Safavid period (1501–1722). Silk and silver-metal thread: twill weave with complementary and discontinuous weft; overall: 47.7 x 48.3 cm (18 3/4 x 19 in.); mounted: 58.4 x 58.4 cm (23 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1949.467
collection
T - Islamic
citations
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Persian Textile of the Safavid Period." <em>CMA Bulletin</em> 37 (June 1950): 118-19.
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Persian Textile of the Safavid Period." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 37, no. 6 (1950): 118-19.
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p.118-119
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141639.
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 387, fig. 9.48
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:33:12.686000
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127145
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk and silver-metal thread: twill weave with complementary and discontinuous weft
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