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Embroidery

Persian

Medium/Technique Embroidered cotton
Dimensions 36 x 33 cm (14 3/16 x 13 in.); Legacy dimension: .33 x .36
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.1120
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionCoarse cotton covered with embroidery. Conventional tulip-like buds and a conventional flower are worked with blue, red, yellow, and cream white on a red ground; dividing this from a blue ground, on which is a similar but larger tulip bud and the hind legs and tails of animals, is a curved yellow band detailed with light blue.
ProvenancePurchased by the donor from C. Filippo of Paris and Teheran.