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Wedding veil
Persian
Medium/Technique
Silk; lace, point, darned netting
Dimensions
72 x 145 cm (28 3/8 x 57 1/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 1.45 x .72
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.1140
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBrown silk net of large and small mesh. A design of a flower and two leaves is run on the diamond-shaped groups of small meshes, and squares, on the oblong groups; there are small flowers between the diamonds. Worked with blue, yellow, pink, green and white silk and with the stitch typical of Italian "Buratto".
ProvenancePurchased by the donor from C. Filippo of Paris and Teheran.