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Textile fragment of a shroud
Persian
probably 20th century
Object Place: Persia
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
Overall: 70cm (27 9/16in.)
Other (Maximum width): 35.5cm (14in.)
Other (Maximum width): 35.5cm (14in.)
Credit Line
William Francis Warden Fund
Accession Number50.3428
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPurplish-brown warps and purplish-brown and black wefts , reversible. Tri-lobed compartments, alternating brown and black, intersecting to form fan-like motifs. On brown grounds, a pair of affronted griffins flanking a tree, framed by a narrow band bearing kufic inscription; kufic inscriptions in lobes above roundel. Many holes; some shredding; frayed edges.