Sash

19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Panel woven entirely with gold threads and additional colors of red, purple and green showing an allover geometric tree pattern. Border, parallel to selvage, has flowers. Both ends of the panel setoff by a wide border showing floral groups. Gold fringe.

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Title: Sash
Date Created: 19th century
Location Created: Iran
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/129219
Medium: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: compound weave Label: silk and metallic thread in compound weave
Credit line: Gift of Alan L. Wolfe

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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