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Textile Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
ca. 1540
Geography:
Iran
Medium:
Silk; cut and voided velvet with continuous floats of flat metal thread
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 40 in. (101.6 cm) W. 17 in. (43.2 cm) Mount: H. 45 in. (114.3 cm) W. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm) D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Gift of V. Everit Macy, 1927
Accession Number:
27.51.2

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