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Islamic art in Paris: some recent exhibitions
06/2008 | 1263 | 150
Pages: 393-396
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Author:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
places:
Paris / France
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Islamic / Carpets / Costume / Decorative arts / Exhibitions
subjects:
Persian
subjects:
Muslim
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chefs-d’œuvre islamiques de l’Aga Khan Museum | institution: Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian , institution: Ismaili Centre , institution: Musée du Louvre , institution: Palazzo della Pilotta
subjects:
Le Chant du monde. L’Art de l’Iran safavide, 1501–1736 | institution: Musée du Louvre
subjects:
Purs décors? Arts de l’Islam, regards du XIXe siècle. Collections des Arts Décoratifs | institution: Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Evening gown, by Charles Frederick Worth. Paris, c.1895. Voided silk velvet, satin ground, muslin, linen and needle lace, 200 cm. long. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
28. Carpet with two types of medallion repeated against a dotted ground. Turkey, probably Ushak, c.1500–50. Wool warp, weft and pile, 508 by 250 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
29. Four fragments of a carpet with a scroll set with animal heads against a blue ground. Iran, c.1500–1600. Silk warp and weft, wool pile, 103 by 85 cm.; 103 by 27.5 cm.; 103 by 32.5 cm.; and 20 by 80 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Bird-shaped ewer. Dated 897 in the Muslim era, equivalent to 1491–92 ad. Fritware, with decoration painted under the glaze, 33.6 cm. high. (Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres).
Non-western art unattributed:
32. Drinking horn. Georgia, c.1600–50. Bull’s horn with gold mounts set with rubies, spinels, turquoises and glass tourmelines, 41 cm. long. (Oruzheynaya Palata, Kremlin Museums, Moscow).
Non-western art unattributed:
33. Coat with a repeat design of a young man who has served himself a cup of wine. Iran, probably Isfahan, c.1600–50. Silk velvet, 123 cm. long. (Livrustkammaren, Stockholm).