Woven from the soul, spun from the heart
Subtitle: textile arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran, 16th-19th centuries
By: edited by Carol Bier.
Contributors: Bier, Carol.; Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: Textile Museum
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Rugs, Persian -- Exhibitions; Textile fabrics -- Iran -- Exhibitions
Description: This first integrated study of the role of textiles in the development of the Persian nation (now Iran) reveals their unique importance to international trade and economics and to the cultural environment. The result of extensive scholastic research, the touring exhibition traces the evolution of the art through the major textile-producing eras, of the Safawid and Kajar dynasties, from the sixteenth to early twentieth century.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 328-336.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1987-Feb. 1988.