Silk and metallic thread in art: 34 works

Medium34 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	34
Date Range	1500 – 1966
Primary Department	Islamic Art (28)
Most Common Form	Textiles-Brocades (22)
Cultures Represented	4
Countries	5
Public Domain	3 works (9%)

Works by Century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

Departments

Islamic Art

Asian Art

Forms & Classifications

Textiles-Brocades

Textiles

Textiles-Costumes

Textiles-Embroidered

Cultures Represented

India · 2India (Tamil Nadu, Kanchipuram) · 2India (Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu) · 1India (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) · 1

Geographic Distribution

India

Iran

India or Iran

Turkey

Iran or Europe

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	late 17th century	Iran
Textile fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Four Textile Fragments	Textiles-Brocades	16th century	Turkey
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	16th–17th century	Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles	16th–17th century	Turkey
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	17th–19th century	India or Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	17th century	Iran or Europe
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	17th century	Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	17th century	Iran
Three textile fragments	Textiles-Brocades	ca. 1700	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles	ca. 1700	India
Four Chandanri Sari Border Fragments	Textiles-Brocades	ca. 18th century	India
Ribbon Fragment	Textiles	18th century	Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India or Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	Iran
Textile Fragment	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Three Textile Fragments	Textiles	18th century	India
Two Textile Fragments	Textiles-Brocades	18th century	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles	ca.1800	India
Textile Fragment	Textiles	ca. 1800	India
Textile fragment	Textiles-Brocades	19th century	India or Iran
Sari	Textiles-Costumes	ca. 1900	India (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
Sari	Textiles-Costumes	mid-20th century	India (Tamil Nadu, Kanchipuram)
Sari	Textiles-Embroidered	mid-20th century	India
Sari	Textiles-Costumes	ca. 1950s	India (Tamil Nadu, Kanchipuram)
Sari	Textiles-Costumes	ca. 1950s	India (Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu)
Sari	Textiles-Costumes	ca. 1950s	India

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access