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End of a Sash

CulturePersian
Dateearly 17th century
MediumMetal ground textile, silk wrapped with gilt foil Textile
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 24 3/4 inches (21.59 × 62.87 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-549
On View
Not on view
Exhibition History

Exhibition of Persian Art, The Iranian Institute, New York, April 15-May 15, 1940, gallery 7, no. 47 as Gold Ground Silk.

Provenance

With Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969), New York and Itran, Iran, by 1933;

Purchased from Pope by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.

Published References

Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, vol. 3 Text, The Art of the Book, Textiles, Carpets, Metalwork, Minor Arts (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), 2131.

Arthur Upham Pope, A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, vol. 6 Plates 511-980, Architectural Ornament, Pottery and Faience, The Art of the Book (London: Oxford University Press, 1938), pl. 1055A, (repro.).

Phyllis Ackerman, Guide to the Exhibition of Persian Art, exh. cat. (New York: The Iranian Institute, 1940), 183.

The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, The William Rockhill Nelson Collection, 2nd ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1941), 137, fig. 9, (repro.).

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