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Piece of brocade
Persian
17th century
Medium/Technique
Brocade
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: a. .645 x .635 b. .645 x .545
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number16.284
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSilver ground woven with fine silver wire; on this are rows of flowering plants growing from mounds, in front of the plants are trunks of trees with birds on them. The design is woven with green, pink, yellow, and dark blue silk.
ProvenancePurchased by the donor of C. Filippo of Paris and Teheran.