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Signed Safavid silk robe
(رداء قماشي صفوي حريري موقع)

Title	Signed Safavid silk robe
Title Original	رداء قماشي صفوي حريري موقع
Publication Date:	The second category, from the sixteenth century
Publication Place	- Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK
Subject	Silk, metallic threads, lampas broche, hollow out, braids, hemming
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	T 7266
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus21;41;ar
Library Location	Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK
Date	The second category, from the sixteenth century
Notes	The priest's robe is an important element in the Christian church clothing collection and was made of precious Iranian silk. At that time, the silk mills of the Safavid Empire ranked among the highest quality production centers in the world, and their products were sought-after export items. This cloth is presumed to have found its way to Europe via trade routes and was processed after its arrival. The fact that the silk is signed indicates its high value by those who produced it.
Sample Text	“Signed Safavid silk robe” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;41;ar

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Signed Safavid silk robe

(رداء قماشي صفوي حريري موقع)

Publication Date The second category, from the sixteenth century

Publication Place - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK

Subject Silk, metallic threads, lampas broche, hollow out, braids, hemming

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID T 7266

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus21;41;ar

Library Location Austrian Museum of Applied Arts MAK

Date The second category, from the sixteenth century

Notes The priest's robe is an important element in the Christian church clothing collection and was made of precious Iranian silk. At that time, the silk mills of the Safavid Empire ranked among the highest quality production centers in the world, and their products were sought-after export items. This cloth is presumed to have found its way to Europe via trade routes and was processed after its arrival. The fact that the silk is signed indicates its high value by those who produced it.

Sample Text “Signed Safavid silk robe” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus21;41;ar