Woven Silk
1700-1729 (made)
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Woven in silk and silver-gilt thread on a satin ground, in green, yellow, red, white, pale blue and pale brown. The design has five vertical stripes, separated by narrower ones, with the latter left plain, while the former are filled with repeating patterns. Of the patterened stripes, one set have seated human figures alternating with birds perched on flowering stems, while on the rest are symmetrical floral stems between pairs of birds.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk and silver-gilt thread woven on a satin ground |
| Brief description | Brocaded, with human figures, birds and flowers in stripes; Persia; 1700-1729. |
| Physical description | Woven in silk and silver-gilt thread on a satin ground, in green, yellow, red, white, pale blue and pale brown. The design has five vertical stripes, separated by narrower ones, with the latter left plain, while the former are filled with repeating patterns. Of the patterened stripes, one set have seated human figures alternating with birds perched on flowering stems, while on the rest are symmetrical floral stems between pairs of birds. |
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| Object history | The designs seems to be copied or adapted from a much earlier one, as the seated figures wear the costumes characteristic of the reign of Sha Abbas the Great (1586-1628). Registered File no. 1929/11398. Purchased. |
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| Accession number | T.127-1930 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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