Textile Panel
1800-1840 (made)
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Embroidered panel with blue fringing around the edge. The central motif is of two blue peacocks facing each other on a red background. The rest of the panel is blue, decorated with vegetal designs in cream, yellow and red, with four four-legged animals (stylised versions of the Lion and the Sun emblem) in each quarter and a deer at each end. This central panel is surrounded by a red border with various shapes on three sides.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, design of central medallion with two facing peacocks, Azerbaijan or possibly NW Iran, 1800-1840 |
| Physical description | Embroidered panel with blue fringing around the edge. The central motif is of two blue peacocks facing each other on a red background. The rest of the panel is blue, decorated with vegetal designs in cream, yellow and red, with four four-legged animals (stylised versions of the Lion and the Sun emblem) in each quarter and a deer at each end. This central panel is surrounded by a red border with various shapes on three sides. |
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| Accession number | 931-1889 |
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| Record created | May 17, 1999 |
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