Drawn from Dallas Museum of Art’s collection, Asian Textiles: Art and Trade Along the Silk Road, until August 18th, 2019, showcases fine examples of garments and ornamental hangings from India, Central Asia, China, and Japan.
This exhibitions highlights the passage of luxury goods along the Silk Road between eastern Asia, India, and other countries including Uzbekistan. This historical trade route led to an interchange of arts and crafts from the Mediterranean to India and the Far East.
The garments on show range from a Japanese fireman’s coat to an Indian sari and a Chinese dragon robe.
The garments on show range from a Japanese fireman’s coat to an Indian sari and a Chinese dragon robe.
Also on display are masterworks of Islamic art from the Keir Collection, currently on long-term loan to the Dallas Museum of Art. Ranking among the finest private collections of Islamic art in the world, the collection includes important textiles and carpets.
A new rotation of Keir Collection pieces was installed on March 30th, 2019.
On view now are the earliest known surviving medieval playing cards, a selection of works with representations of dragons and phoenixes, and a section of drawings of dervishes from Iran.
There is also a section on Qur’an manuscripts that focuses on patronage, calligraphy and the layout of the qur’anic text, alongside a selection of rare Iranian carpet fragments, and a new display of Safavid-era ceramics from Iran.
A new rotation of Keir Collection pieces was installed on March 30th, 2019.
On view now are the earliest known surviving medieval playing cards, a selection of works with representations of dragons and phoenixes, and a section of drawings of dervishes from Iran.
There is also a section on Qur’an manuscripts that focuses on patronage, calligraphy and the layout of the qur’anic text, alongside a selection of rare Iranian carpet fragments, and a new display of Safavid-era ceramics from Iran.
Every four months, the Keir Collection presentation is refreshed with a new selection of rare manuscripts, book paintings, textiles, carpets, and other organic materials.
