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Fragment with jewel-like silk

800s
Silk: plain weave, brocaded
Overall: 17.1 x 12.7 cm (6 3/4 x 5 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1950.526
Location: not on view
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Description

This fragment is brocaded in a jewel-toned silks: red, rose, turquoise, salmon pink, pale pink, golden tan, green, dark blue, and dark brown. Flat strips of gold foil were wound on tan silk strands to create gold thread adding to the luxuriousness of the brocade.
Fragment with jewel-like silk

Fragment with jewel-like silk

800s

Iraq, probably Baghdad

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