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Fashioning an Empire: Textiles From Safavid Iran
[Paperback - 2024]
nicoletta fazio
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Category: Art
Sub-category: Islamic Art
Publisher: Skira Uk | ISBN: 9788857251622 | Pages: 176
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The critical role that silk played during the Safavid period (1501–1736).

With their sumptuous surfaces, original designs, and technical sophistication, luxury textiles played a critical role in the social, cultural, religious, and economic life of Safavid Iran (1501–1722). Used for clothing, furnishing, and movable architecture, fabrics also functioned as important symbols of power and as ubiquitous forms of artistic expression. In the seventeenth century, they became the most lucrative economic commodity in Iran and were exported by land and sea to both Europe and the East, generating tremendous wealth and prosperity for the Safavid Empire.

This beautiful book from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, tells the story of silk during the reign of Shah ‘Abbas I and how the production of luxury fabrics and floor coverings transformed Iran’s fortunes in the 17th century. By employing the most talented designers and bringing the industry under state control, Shah ‘Abbas built a flourishing silk economy that fuelled an era of rich artistic development and cultural exchange.

Fashioning an Empire captures this moment in time, showcasing masterpieces from the period complemented by manuscript illustrations and portraits depicting how the silk fabrics were worn by the elite of Iranian society. With over 70 images including stunning detail shots, the book also features essays and catalogue entries by experts in the field exploring the social and political context for the works and the skill involved in their creation.

About the Author

Nicoletta Fazio is Qatar Museums Authority, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Curator and Universität Heidelberg, Global Art History, Affiliated Member.

Massumeh Farhad is an Iranian-born American curator, art historian, and author. She is the Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Asian Art.

Sumru Belger Krody is Senior Curator at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Tara Desjardins is Curator of South Asia at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA).

Tatiana Zhdanova is a textile conservator at Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.

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