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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Tapestry woven fragment in black and tan. On the left, a standing, bearded figure in a tunic with a crown, with his hand raised. On the right, a second bearded figure. Above, part of a third figure in a striped tunic; below a bearded head with raised hand. These figures are all perpendicular to the warp; parallel to the warp are running animals, some with spots. Crenellated border with traces of soumak. All outlines and details worked in light-colored soumak and tapestry on dark forms.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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