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W. (ed). The Arts of Persia. Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 1989.","id":"AUTH406811"},"details":"Page 166, pl. 24","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. <u>Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion</u>. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. 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The highly stylised blossoms arranged like a tree are typically Iranian. The more naturalistic flowers above the arch resemble Ottoman designs. And the flowers in the border are strikingly similar to South Asian patterns in which flowers are shown head on. \r\n\r\nSilk and metal-wrapped thread in lampas weave\r\n\r\nMuseum no. T.9-1915","date":{"text":"Jameel Gallery","earliest":"2006-07-20","latest":null}},{"text":"SILK\r\nPersian; 16th -17th century.\r\nPalmettes, butterflies and wisps of cloud, beneath an arch, woven on silk, silver and gold. This piece, which is incomplete at the bottom, is a superb example of pattern weaving on a large scale. 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