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Fragment of ornamental band
Persian
17th–18th century
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
23.5 x 4.5 cm (9 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.); Legacy dimension: .045 x .235
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number31.116
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: worn gold (gilded silver wound on yellow silk) tied by orange silk warp. Design: (crossing warp diagonally) rabbits under single flowers, and small conventionalized clouds woven with pink, pinkish orange blue, green, and neutral violet silk and worn silver (silver wound on white silk) weft. Tied by orange warp, narrow outer borders with reddish orange clouds alternating with small blue flowers. On each side of band a little fringed green weft and orange warp. Two pieces sewed together.