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Piece of printed silk

Uzbek

Medium/Technique Printed resist dyed plain weave silk
Dimensions 145 x 147 cm (57 1/16 x 57 7/8 in.); Legacy dimension: 1.47 x 1.45
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number16.275
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionPrinted by the reserve process. The mainfield is dark blue, around the sides is a deep border of "palm" or "cone" forms printed with white, dull red and yellow. Inside the border is a row of separate forms suggesting seed-vessels. Two loom widths of silk.
ProvenancePurchased by the donor of C. Filippo of Paris and Teheran.