Brocaded Silk Panel
1800-1850 (made)
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woven and brocaded silk and metal thread. Pieced together from several sections of pattern. The ground is blue warp-faced plain weave and is brocaded with blue, green and yellow silk and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core] with alternating rows of birds with plumed heads perched on flowering bushes with butterflies and 'cloud' motifs around them.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing |
| Brief description | 1800s, Persian; Birds |
| Physical description | woven and brocaded silk and metal thread. Pieced together from several sections of pattern. The ground is blue warp-faced plain weave and is brocaded with blue, green and yellow silk and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core] with alternating rows of birds with plumed heads perched on flowering bushes with butterflies and 'cloud' motifs around them. |
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| Accession number | T.222-1910 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2009 |
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