Silk Velvet Designed by 'Ghiyath'

Ghiyath

second half 16th century

Silk Velvet Designed by 'Ghiyath' by Ghiyath

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

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