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Fragment with birds on flowering shrubs
Persian
Safavid Dynasty
17th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Silk and silver colored metal strip-wrapped on silk core, twill weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts attached in twill order with supplementary warps
Dimensions
103 x 39 cm (40 9/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number08.389
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe ground is of silver; the design, of flowers, trees and birds, is woven with two shades of green, gray, dark blue, rose, brown, and yellow silk and silver gilt. Much pieced.
ProvenanceDenman Ross collection. Sept. 10, 1908