Woven from the Heart, Spun from the Soul: Textile Arts of Safavid and Qajar Iran (16th - 19th Centuries)

FAIN: GM-23154-86

Textile Museum (Washington, DC 20008-4016)
Carol M. Bier (Project Director: December 1985 to April 1989)

To support a temporary traveling exhibition, drawn principally from the holdings of the museum, of Near Eastern textiles created during the 16th through 19th centuries. The textiles and accompanying interpretive materials illustrate issues in the area's cultural, social, and economic history.