Medium:

Medium: silk, metallic Technique: woven

Dimensions:

H x W (a): 16.8 × 18.3 cm (6 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

H x W (b): 17 × 18.5 cm (6 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Type:

woven textiles

Fragment

Made in:

Iran

Date:

19th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Yellow ground with repeat of ornamental flowers on slender stems growing in shell-shaped vessel. Repeat in green, blue, rose, and gray silk extra weft and silver metallic brocade.

Credit Line:

Gift of George A. Hearn

Accession Number:

1899-10-29-a,b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq488c7b43b-deef-4319-b218-240b98253019

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1899-10-29-a_b