Index Classification: Material and Technique

Textile in Silk from West Asia

Textile, Silk, West Asia

Works of Art (31)

	Anhalt carpet, mid-16th century, Iran, Cotton warp, silk weft, wool pile, asymmetrically knotted (46.128)
	Banner, Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923), dated A.H. 1235 / A.D. 1819–20, Turkey, probably Istanbul, Silk, metal-wrapped thread, lampas, brocaded (1976.312)
	Batrashil, Mamluk period (1250–1517), 1336, Syria, Silk backed with heavy linen (14.137)
	Brocade, 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread (59.58)
	Carpet with a compartment design, Safavid period (1501–1722), first half of 16th century, Iran, silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), asymmetrically knotted pile (10.61.3)
	The Emperor's Carpet (detail), mid-16th century, Iran (probably Herat), Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), asymmetrically knotted pile (43.121.1)
	Ensemble, late 19th–early 20th century, Palestinian, Silk, wool, metallic thread (C.I.39.91.14a–f)
	Fragment of a kaftan back, Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923), mid-16th century, Turkey, probably Istanbul, Silk, metal-wrapped thread, taqueté (seraser) (52.20.15)
	Fragmentary loom width with wavy-vine pattern, Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923), ca. 1565–80, Turkey, probably Istanbul, Silk, metal-wrapped thread, lampas (kemha) (52.20.21)
	*Fragmentary silk velvet with repeating tiger-stipe and cintamani* design*, Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923), second half of 15th century, Turkey, Bursa, silk, metal-wrapped thread, cut and voided velvet (çatma*), brocaded (08.109.23)
	Fragments of a jacket, early 14th century, Egypt or Syria; Possibly made for the Rasulid sultan of Yemen, al-Mu'ayyad Hizabr al-Din Dawud ibn Yusuf, Silk with brown and ivory stripes, double-cloth weave (31.14a,b)
	Kashan carpet, second half of 16th century; Safavid, Iranian; Attributed to Kashan, Iran, Pile weave, silk pile on silk foundation (14.40.721)
	Khorasan-type carpet fragment, late 16th or early 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Cotton and silk (foundation), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile (2001.54)
	Loom-width piece of velvet, late 15th century, Probably Bursa, Turkey, possibly Venice, Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (53.157)
	Pieced panel of brocaded silk, second half of 16th century, Probably Bursa, Turkey, Silk velvet pile and voided areas brocaded with silver-gilt-wrapped silk wefts (17.29.10)
	"Polonaise" carpet, Safavid period (1501–1722), 17th century, Iran, Isfahan or Kashan, Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded (50.190.1)
	Prayer carpet, late 16th century; Ottoman, Attributed to Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey, Pile weave, wool and cotton pile on silk foundation (22.100.51)
	Roundel with Amazons and a cross, 7th–9th century (?), Egypt or Syria (?), Weft-faced compound twill (samite) in green, beige, and brownish silk(1987.442.5)
	Safavid Courtiers Leading Georgian Captives, mid 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal wrapped thread; lampas (52.20.12)
	Sash with flowering plants, 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk, silver- and gilt-metal-wrapped thread (metal strip, silk core); taqueté, brocaded (33.80.18)
	Silk fragment with a rosebush, deer, and flower pattern, late 17th–early 18th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk, silver- and gilt-metal-wrapped thread; compound twill weave, brocaded (49.32.99)
	Silk velvet signed by "Ghiyath," second half of 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk; cut and voided velvet with continuous floats of flat metal thread (52.20.13)
	Tent panel with hunting scene, ca. 1540; Safavid, Iran, Silk, flat metal thread; cut and voided velvet (1972.189)
	Textile depicting a courtier in a landscape, 16th century, Safavid, Iran, Silk; lampas (08.109.3)
	Textile Fragment, 6th–7th century, Iraq or Syria, Silk (15.109)
	Textile panel with birds amid flowering vines, first half of 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk, metal-wrapped thread; taqueté (26.231.2)
	Textile, possibly Ghaznavid period (977–1186), 10th–11th century, Probably Iran, Cotton, other fibers, plain weave, printed and painted (31.106.64)
	Velvet fragment, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk and metal thread; velvet (52.20.11)
	*Velvet panel with a design from the Khamsa* of Nizami**, 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk; cut velvet (1978.60)
	Velvet panel with flowering plants, first half of 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Silk, cotton, flat metal thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded (12.72.5)
	Yastik, Ottoman period (ca. 1299–1923), 17th century, Turkey, Silk, cotton, metal-wrapped thread, cut and voided velvet, brocaded (08.109.11)