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Appendix A - List of Khamsa Silks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2023

Nazanin Hedayat Munroe
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City University of New York
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Silk fragments depicting characters from the Khamsa are listed here with collection information. Textile designs are listed numerically, with fragments of the same design listed alphabetically. Figure numbers are listed for fragments included in the book.

Khusrau and Shirin

  • 1. Velvet fragment depicting the Khusrau and Shirin bathing scene.

  • a. Cleveland Museum of Art (1944.499) (fig. 1.2)

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1978.60) (fig. 2.2)

  • 2. Velvet fragment with metal-thread brocading depicting the Khusrau and Shirin bathing scene.

  • a. Topkapi Museum, Istanbul (13/1697) (fig. 2.3)

  • 3. Velvet fragment with metal-thread brocading depicting the Khusrau and Shirin bathing scene, with the signature ‘Work of Ghiyath’ (Amal-e Ghiyath).

  • a. Keir Collection, London; currently on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art (K.1.2014.1337) (fig. 2.4). Velvet cut into a lobed medallion.

  • b. Keir Collection, London; currently on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art (K.1.2014.44); fragment includes signature, ‘Work of Ghiyath’ (Amal-e Ghiyath) (fig. 2.5). Velvet cut into a lobed medallion.

  • c. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC (3.318). Velvet cut into a lobed medallion.

  • d. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1950.51.Dt.20). Velvet cut into oblong semi-circle depicting Shirin bathing; fragment includes signature, ‘Work of Ghiyath’ (Amal-e Ghiyath).

  • 4. Double cloth depicting the Khusrau and Shirin bathing scene. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven (1951.51.82) (fig. 2.7)

  • 5. Double cloth depicting the Khusrau and Shirin bathing scene.

  • a. British Museum, London (OA 1985.0506.1) (fig. 3.5)

Layla and Majnun

  • 1. Black and gold lampas silk depicting Layla visiting Majnun in the wilderness, with signature, ‘Work of Ghiyath’ (Amal-e Ghiyath).

  • a. Boston Museum of Fine Arts (28.17)

  • b. Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (1902-1-780) (fig. 1.3, detail; fig. 3.1, full fragment)

  • c. Designmuseum Danmark, Copenhagen (B21/1931)

  • a. Red and gold lampas silk depicting Layla visiting Majnun in the wilderness, with signature, ‘Work of Ghiyath’ (Amal-e Ghiyath). The Textile Museum, Washington, DC (3.312) (fig. 2.2)

  • b. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC (3.300) (appears to be same naqsheh, with slight variation in scale of figures)

  • 2. Velvet depicting Layla visiting Majnun in the wilderness.

  • a. Keir Collection, London; on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art (fig. 3.3)

  • 3. Velvet with scene of Majnun in the wilderness.

  • a. Fashioned into a chasuble, with detail; State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (ИР-2327) (fig. 5.2)

  • 4. Double cloth with scene of Layla and Majnun in the wilderness.

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  • Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, City University of New York
  • Book: Sufi Lovers, Safavid Silks and Early Modern Identity
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  • Nazanin Hedayat Munroe, City University of New York
  • Book: Sufi Lovers, Safavid Silks and Early Modern Identity
  • Online publication: 19 April 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048551149.010
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