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Length of a dress or furnishing fabric
Iranian
1650–1700
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with polychrome silk and silver metallic thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
57 x 72 cm (22 7/16 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John Goelet
Accession Number68.96
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of fabric with overall pattern of flowers against a ground of cloth-of-silver (a twill ground of cream-colored yarn with weft yarns wrapped in silver); pink and green flowers (perhaps poppies) appear in staggered rows; each flower consists of a single blossom seen in profile and a small bud on a leafy stem.
ProvenanceBy 1968, John Goelet, New York, NY; 1968, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 13, 1968)