Fragment

17th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Fragment of woven silk with a repeating pattern of a bird perched on a branch of roses arising from a mound. In pale blue, green, and pink silks on a silver metallic ground.

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Title: Fragment
Date Created: 17th century
Location Created: present-day Iran or India
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/6990
Medium: Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound twill weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brocade Cord India Iran Metal Silk Textile Twill Yarn