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Fragment of ornamental band
Persian
17th–18th century
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 15 3/4 x 1 9/16 in. (40 x 4 cm)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number31.122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: dark brown silk weft tied by light neutral orange silk warp. Design: poppy plants and conventionalized clouds woven with very worn gold (gilded silver wound on yellow silk) weft tied by light neutral orange silk warp. Narrow outer borders with small gold plants. On one side of the band a little plain orange silk (warp twill) on the other side fringed warps.