Title: Silk Textile
Date: 17th century
Location: Iran
Materials: cloth-of-silver, brocaded with tinted silk and gold and silver thread
Dimensions: 72 x 53cm
Accession Number: TXT 237
Other Notes:
The pattern is of lax foliate sprays, chinoiserie lotuses and serrated leaves on which is superimposed a staggered ogival network of stems or branches, broken by elaborate composite blossoms.
Bibliography:
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.383, p.323.
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