textile fragment

textile fragment , 1600s, Safavid dynasty (1501–1732)

Where object was made: Persia (present-day Iran)

Material/technique: silk; metal thread; compound weave; brocade

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 28 x 25.25 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 10 x 10 1/4 in

Credit line: Source unknown

Accession number: 0000.2084

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Exhibition Label:
“Flowers, Dragons and Pine Trees: Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art,” Nov-2005, Mary Dusenbury
The flowers depicted on this textile are typical of seventeenth century floral motifs on textiles and the borders of early shawls. The design later was abstracted and elongated into the boteh or cone pattern associated with Kashmir shawls.