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Name of Object:

Embroidered Safavid coat

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Museum:

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

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Date of Object:

c. 1600

Museum Inventory Number:

T 4734

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Silk, linen, cotton; Embroidery

Dimensions:

H: 117cm, W: 207cm

Period / Dynasty:

Safavid

Provenance:

Iran

Description:

The voluminous men’s coat reaching half way down the thighs is embroidered with a pattern of figures, cypresses, blossoming trees and small ponds. Enthroned men under baldachins are each flanked by a guard with bow and arrow and a woman carrying a peacock. Comparable motifs on textiles and in sixteenth-century miniatures show that the elaborately designed type of garment was widespread. Similar exquisite articles of clothing served as gifts of the rulers to their retinue and were usually not intended for daily use.

How Object was obtained:

Purchase

Link to catalogue/digitisation in Holding Institution’s database:

https://sammlung.mak.at/sammlung_online?id=collect-94636

Selected bibliography:

Noever, Peter (ed), Global Lab. Kunst als Botschaft. Asien und Europa 1500 - 1700. Ausstellung Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien, 03. Juni bis 27. September 2009, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009: cat. nr. 157 (97).

Citation of this web page:

Martina Dax "Embroidered Safavid coat" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;38;en

Prepared by: Martina Dax

MWNF Working Number: AT1 38

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