1927.263: Brocaded Textile Fragment
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1927.263
- Title
- Brocaded Textile Fragment
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
- Period
- Safavid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215187
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- compound silk and metal thread weave, with supplementary weft floats
- Technique
- Embroidery
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
- Accession Year
- 1927
- Object Number
- 1927.263
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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This small fragment illustrates a small portion of a once magnificent textile. The entire ground was woven from metal threads wrapped around yellow silk–creating a shimmering backdrop against which naturalistic and colorful flowers emerge.
Verification Level
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