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Cover
19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Square panel composed of two horizontal fragments sewed together near the center. Each panel has an incomplete design facing in opposite directions. Ground gold (faded in one fragment) has a design of a conventionalized cypress tree in green, red, blue and white. Border woven at the same time as the body in three bands of small-scale flowers. Piped and faced with blue and white striped compound satin. Backed with red cotton herringbone twill.
Details
- Title: Cover
- Date Created: 19th century
- Location Created: Iran
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk, metallic threads; cotton backing Technique: plain compound weave
- Credit line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
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