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Embroidered Safavid coat
Vienna, Austria
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
About MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
c. 1600
T 4734
Silk, linen, cotton; Embroidery
H: 117cm, W: 207cm
Safavid
Iran
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.
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https://sammlung.mak.at/sammlung_online?id=collect-94636
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).
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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