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Piece of brocade
Persian
17th century
Medium/Technique
Silk brocade
Dimensions
107 x 53.5 cm (42 1/8 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number31.395
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround; pale blue silk. Design: flowering trees growing from small mounds woven (broché) with pink and green silk, in the spaces between small trefoils woven with silver wound on white silk, the silver almost entirely worn off. Worn, faded, and patched. Along one edge irregular fine selvedge with one cord.