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Fragment of ornamental band

Persian
18th century

Medium/Technique Silk; embroidery
Dimensions 4 x 21.5 cm (1 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .215 x .04
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number31.70
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionGround: thin neutral violet silk. Design: conventionalized flowers connected by undulating stem, worked with pinkish orange, blue, green and yellowish green silk in satin-stitch on a worn gold ground (gilded silver wound on yellow silk couched with neutral orange silk).