Sash

17th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 462

Sashes like this one became popular in seventeenth-century Iran, where they were tied around the waist with the ends hanging down. The arrangement seen here is a common design, consisting of two end panels containing stylized and elaborate floral motifs, with a simple repeating motif in the central field. Persian sashes were exported and became particularly popular in Poland, one of Persia’s trading partners, where they were worn as accessories by the wealthy elite. The popularity of the sashes eventually prompted the founding of a number of textile workshops in Poland that produced local variations of the Safavid originals.

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Title: Sash
Date: 17th century
Geography: Attributed to Iran
Medium: Silk, metal thread
Dimensions: Textile: H. 182 in. (462.3 cm)
W. 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm)
Gallery Installation Mount: H. 96. 1/2 in. (245.1 cm)
W. 301/2 in. (77.5 cm)
D. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Costumes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Object Number: 11.58.1
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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