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Fragment

early 1600s

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Iran, early 17th century

(period of Shah Abbas)

Compound tabby ground with diasper pattern, brocaded; silk

Overall: 6.5 x 34.5 cm (2 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.744.c

Location

not on view

Provenance

(Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair, Chicago).

Exhibition history

2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944); Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 12-June 4, 1944); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (January 9-February 29, 1944).