Silk Velvet Designed by 'Ghiyath'
Object type: Textile fragment
Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Ghiyath
Artist bio: Iranian, Yazd, born ca. 1530
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: Iranian
Date: second half 16th century
Medium: Silk, cut and voided velvet with continuous floats of flat metal thread
Dimensions: Textile: L. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm)
            W. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm)
Mount: L. 30 in. (76.2 cm)
            W. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Geography: Attributed to    Iran  
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
Accession year: 1952