Textile

mid- 17th–mid- 18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Woven silk textile with repeating pattern of a bird sitting in a flowering tree, under which sits two rabbits. Brown and yellow ground with coral colored flowers and green leaves.

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Title: Textile
Date Created: mid- 17th–mid- 18th century
Location Created: Indo-Persia
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with continuous supplementary weft floats (brocade)
Credit line: Gift of Harvey Smith

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Brocade Silk Textile Weaving