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Textile fragment with strawberry plants and butterflies
Persian
Safavid Dynasty
17th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Silk and metal-wrapped silk; cut-and-voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions
146.5 x 73 cm (57 11/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Otis Norcross Fund
Accession Number51.2477
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGold twill ground. Rows of large conventionalized bouqets, the tips of which are flanked by pairs of butterflies. The flowers, leaves and butterflies are rendered with polychrome silk pile warps, forming areas of solid velvet. Wide pink selvedge along right side. Stained. Gold yarns worn, showing pikish yellow silk core, or completely worn off in places.
InscriptionsIngeniously composed inscriptions
ProvenanceDikran Kélékian (b. 1868 - d. 1951), New York; sold by Kélékian to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1951, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $875. (Accession Date: November 8, 1951)