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Weft-faced compound tabby weaving
Persian, Chinese or Central Asian
probably 20th century
Object Place: Persia
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 65 x 36cm (25 9/16 x 14 3/16in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number54.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPiece of silk compound cloth; background in two shades of taupe with minute all-over foliate motives; dark blue paired confronted rabbits in horizontal rows; at each side, band of Kufic inscription in taupe on dark blue ground; both selvedges present; part of warp end present; lower left, many breaks.
ProvenanceAyoub Rabenou, New York; sold by Rabenou to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1954, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $2800. (Accession Date: January 14, 1954)