Maker: Khwaja Ghiyath ad-din ‘Ali, active late 16th–early 17th century, Textile Fragment with Figures, Animals, and Plants, late 16th–early 17th century, Triple-weave silk, 8 7/8 × 16 5/16 in. ( ×  cm), Poet, painter, mystic, and master weaver of the court of Shah Abbas, Khwaja Ghiyath ad-din ‘Ali is the most famous of the Safavid designers whose textiles bear their signatures. Scholars first noticed his name on a small number of silks early this century, and since then, his fabrics have emerged as some of the finest Persian textiles ever made.

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