Silk Velvet Designed by 'Ghiyath'
Ghiyath
second half 16th century
Medium
Silk, cut and voided velvet with continuous floats of flat metal thread
Dimensions
Textile: L. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm) W. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm) Mount: L. 30 in. (76.2 cm) W. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
Classification
Textiles
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
Accession Number
52.20.13