‘Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran’ Exhibition Now Open for Public Viewing at MIA
The exhibition, ‘Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran’ is now open for public viewing at the Sheikh Saoud Gallery at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) until 20 April…
Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran
The exhibition highlights the critical role that silk played during the Safavid period (1501-1736 CE) in Iran. It is organised into sections: establishment of the silk monopoly and state-funded manufacturing;…
