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Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizami's Khamsa by Nizami — VisualArtsDB

Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizami's Khamsa

Textile Depicting a Scene from Nizami's Khamsa

1500–1699

Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; double-weave
Dimensions: Textile: L. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm) W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm) Mount: H. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm) W. 18 in. (45.7 cm) D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Wt. 8 lbs. (3.6 kg)
Genre: Textiles-woven
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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