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Textile fragment with gold disks

Mongolian
Ilkhanid Dynasty
13th–14th century
Object Place: Tabriz or environs, Iran

Medium/Technique Silk cut-and-voided velvet with supplementary gold-wrapped silk wefts
Dimensions 16 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number93.376
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTriangle-shaped fragment of cut and voided red velvet patterned with supplementary gold-metallic patterning wefts with repeating disks
Provenance1893, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA (Accession Date: September 1, 1893)