Iran | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Horizontal rectangular panel with a gold metallic ground and polychrome silk velvet figures of four women separated by large flowering plants. From left to right: a woman holding a long-necked jar in one hand while the other holds up her skirt, in which she has gathered fruits; a woman holding a pitcher in one hand and cradling a large bowl or basin in the other; a woman wearing gloves, holding a bird of prey in her left hand while about to hood the bird with her right; a woman with a long stick with which she is prodding a hound held by a lead in her right hand; the hound is straining the lead. Two of the flowering plants grow at the edge of ponds, one rests on a cloud form and the other grows among the rocks. The iris, carnation, and poppy are recognizable. Clouds and butterflies dot the sky. In shades of blue, green, yellow, reds, and neutral and flesh tones on a gold metallic ground. Slightly more than one unit of the repeat is present; the pattern fills the width of the fabric and is oriented perpendicular to the warp.

Panel (Iran), 1610–40
silk and metal-wrapped silk-core threads.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1977-119-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 18 images of this object.

Fragments (Iran)

Fragments (Iran)
silk.
1949-99-6-a/j

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 13 images of this object.

Textile (Iran)
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1961-115-48-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 7 images of this object.

Coverlet and two panels of bed draperies in dark blue twill with an allover geometric design embroidered with yellow taffeta, yellow taffeta ribbons and yellow chenille.

Bed Hangings And Coverlet (Iran), late 17th century
silk ribbon and chenille on a wool foundation.
1909-5-1-a/c

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There are 6 images of this object.

Cover of blue and white checked cotton cloth embroidered in colored silks. The design shows a man on horseback surrounded by human and animal figures within a border in which a human figure appears as a repeated motif. Lined with red silk and striped cotton cloth.

Cover (Iran), 1801–50
cotton foundation, silk embroidery threads.
Gift of George Arnold Hearn.
1903-9-19

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Flaring bowl with incurvative rim. Greenish-white glaze, running in heavy drops on outside. Painted with radiating blue bands on inside and outside, and blue band on rim. Some of the component parts iridescent.

Bowl (Iran), 13th century
glazed earthenware.
Gift of Ephron Gallery.
1958-72-5

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Velvet panel bound on four sides with a striped floral patterned silk. The velvet is patterned with rows of men standing, seated cross-legged, and confronted seated on chairs with birds, in a garden. In light blue and ivory pile on a pale yellow pile foundation.

Cover (Iran), late 19th century
silk.
Gift of William B. Heller.
1986-24-1

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There are 5 images of this object.

Repeats of a floral design in tan on blue background. Border with flowers and animals in multicolored silk. Lined in red wool.

Textile (Iran), 17th century
silk, metallic threads.
1949-99-4-a

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There are 5 images of this object.

On double thickness of off-white cotton, design of groups of people, animals, trees, scattered fowl and insects, all facing toward central crouching camel with howdah on his back. Wide border of floral rosettes with guard borders of twining garlands. Embroidery is in shades of green, blue and yellow silk.

Textile (Iran), 18th or 19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation.
Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William....
1955-133-24

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Panel woven entirely with gold threads and additional colors of red, purple and green showing an allover geometric tree pattern. Border, parallel to selvage, has flowers. Both ends of the panel setoff by a wide border showing floral groups. Gold fringe.

Sash (Iran), 19th century
silk, metallic threads.
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1961-115-41

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Gold metallic ground with a stamped design of diagonal lines crossing in groups of three, forming diamond-shaped lozenges. Within each, brocaded roses alternating with bunches of violets in straight repeat. In purple, blue, green, pink, silver and gold.

Textile (Iran), 17th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of George A. Hearn.
1899-10-32

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Vertical rectangular hanging embroidered to illustrate events in a heroic legend – possibly that of Rustam the Slayer of a Dragon – in a multicolored central panel on a red background. Curving vine floral borders on four sides on a black background. Wide outer border with isolated plant forms growing out from the center on a red background.

Hanging (Iran), 19th century
wool, silk, cotton.
1977-80-1

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There are 4 images of this object.

Blue glass vessel with painted gold decoration; long flaring neck and stout globular body; handle of applied glass and long upturned spout; painted green at handle and base of neck.

Ewer (Iran), 17th–18th century
gilt and enameled glass.
Gift of Rodman Wanamaker.
1919-24-92

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Diagonal bands of floral motifs.

Fragment (Iran), 17th century
silk, metallic.
Gift of Dikran Kelekian.
1899-13-29

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fragment of woven silk shaped as if part of a skirt, with figures of a boy holding a deer and woman on either side of a flowering tree. Figures in cream, repeated in mirror image in alternating rows, alternating with rows of leaping gazelles, on a ribbed ground of red and silver.

Textile, Layla and Majnun, 16th–17th century
silk, metallic threads.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-379

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Textile (Iran)
1947-54-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Blue-green embroidery on an ivory ground showing diagonal floral bands. Type of material used for women's pants.

Fragment (Iran), 18th century
silk on cotton.
1968-87-9

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There are 3 images of this object.

Pink and yellow flowers on a net ground.

Square (Iran), 19th century
H x W: 30 x 35 cm (11 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.).
1942-7-3

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There are 3 images of this object.

Shaped as a six-pointed star; painted in brown and white with luster glaze: elephant with large and small dots in center with floral motifs, surrounded by white border with brown calligraphy.

Tile (Iran), 13th century
luster-glazed and painted earthenware.
Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman.
1966-3-4

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Polychrome silks, predominantly red and green, solidly worked in cross stitch on cotton canvas in diagonal rows of lozenges separated by narrower diagonal bands; all forms built up of minute floral motifs. Vertical border at one end.

Panel Of Nakshe (women's Trouser) (Iran), 18th–19th century
silk embroidery on cotton foundation.
Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William....
1955-133-9

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangle. Raised blue inscription on brown and white scrolled lustre-painted ground with turquoise spots.

Mihrab Tile (Iran), 13th century
glazed and lustered earthenware, underglaze and underpaint decoration.
Gift of Ephron Gallery.
1958-72-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular form with raised dome, small hole in center. Green patina.

Cymbals (Luristan (western Iran)), ca. 1000 BCE
bronze.
Gift of Paul Manheim.
1967-92-15-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Clear, amber-colored globular body on low circular foot. Curved neck swirled and flattened, terminating in "bird's head" mouth with narrow spout.
(Rose water sprinkler)

Ewer (Iran), 19th century
clear amber glass.
Gift of Rodman Wanamaker.
1919-24-90

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Panel (Iran)
1956-21-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Fragment of woven silk with Zigzag bands of kufic script in cream and red on a yellow-green ground.

Fragment Of A Tomb Cover (Iran), 17th–18th century
silk.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-912

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Mat made of polychrome pieces of woven fabric.

Table Mat (Iran)
silk.
Gift of Dikran Kelekian.
1899-13-15

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Textile (Iran)
embroidery on wool foundation.
1954-5-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Thin silk with narrow cross stripes in white. Warps printed in shades of red, violet, blue and green. At center, large circular pattern above and below diamond shapes and a row of tree-like forms.

Textile (Iran)
silk.
1966-10-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Carved woodblock with a figure of a kneeling woman.

Printing Block (Iran), 17th–18th century
wood.
1957-99-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Square panel or cover trimmed on all sides with a woven border. The field has an orange-red ground with a lattice formed by spiraling white bands. Within each diamond formed by the lattice is a flowering plant. The border has a meandering vine with small white and blue flowers and red carnations.

Panel (Iran), 18th century
silk, metallic yarns.
Gift of George A. Hearn.
1899-10-18

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Clear glass spouted vessel with a light green tint.

Pitcher (Iran), 17th–18th century
clear and greensih glass.
Gift of Rodman Wanamaker.
1919-24-94

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On flaring foot, a pyriform body, contracting to narrow neck with rim compressed to form spout. Loop handle. Greenish glaze with brown iridescent and turquoise filling areas between large Kufic letters.

Ewer (Iran), 13th century
glazed and lustred earthenware.
Gift of Ephron Gallery.
1958-72-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Jacket (Iran)
woven.
1968-87-16

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Textile (Iran)
1966-30-8-a

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

a) Two broad vertical strips, one gray and one red, each with an all-over pattern of small gold palmettes. The two areas are separated by a narrow orange stripe with a floral serpentine brocaded in polychrome silks and metal thread.
b) Red ground with gold palmettes, with a portion of the brocaded floral band sewn to one side. Composed of four pieces sewn together, with metal fringe at the bottom.

Textile (Iran), 17th century
silk, metallic threads.
Gift of George A. Hearn.
1899-10-13-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.