Textile
BackDescription:
Textile (fragment). Repeating rectangles of Persian couplets and images from Persian epics. Made of red, cream woven textile (silk).
Object type: | textile |
Museum number: | 1985,0506.1 |
Culture/period: | Safavid dynasty |
Date: | 17thC(early) |
Production place: | Made in: Iran |
Materials: | silk |
Technique: | woven |
Dimensions: | Height: 32.50 cm Width: 17.50 cm |
Inscriptions: | Inscription details: inscription in Persian Inscription quoted: Inscription translation: Sleep soundly, and from our friendship glad tidings will arise |
Location: | 46 |
Subjects: | persian myth/legend |
Acquisition names: | Purchased from: Allen W Anderson Funded by: Edmund de Unger |
Acquisition date: | 1985 |
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