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Exhibit: Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha


  • National Museum of Asian Art 1050 Independence Avenue Southwest Washington, DC, 20560 United States (map)

Exhibit: Dec 18 - May 15, 2022 | Friday–Tuesday, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m

CLOSED Dec 28 - Jan 2. Will reopen January 3, 2022

The exhibit uncovers how in the seventeenth century, these textiles became the most lucrative economic commodity in Iran and were exported by land and sea to both Europe and the East, generating tremendous wealth and prosperity for the Safavid Empire.

Earlier Event: April 28
Al Stewart with The Empty Pockets
Later Event: April 29
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