Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran

Curtain valance

Curtain valance

Maroon velvet curtain valance with sewn pearls. Work of Shams al-Muluk Jahanbani.

Item Details

  • Creator Shams al-Muluk (Zubaydah) Jahanbani
  • Date [late 19th-early 20th century]
  • Notes

    Additional info: When she was a child, Shams al-Muluk Jahanbani, together with Taj al-Dawlah (wife of Nasir al-Din Shah), and three other assistants had made another curtain (navy-blue) to donate to the Imam Reza mosque in Mashahd. It took four years to complete the curtain.

  • Dimensions 117 x 54 cm
  • Collections Bahman Bayani
  • Repository Bahman Bayani Collection
  • Restrictions No restrictions.
  • Accessed 14 February 2012
  • Last Edited 20 July 2012
  • Record no. 31g188
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