Section of a Sash with Birds and Flowers | Yale University Art Gallery

17th century

Not on view

Medium: Silk, silver-wrapped threads, compound cloth, brocaded
Dimensions: 132 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (336.5 × 35 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1937.4784
Geography: Possibly Kashan, Iran
Culture: Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period: Safavid dynasty (1501–1722)
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York, purchase in Cairo, 1937; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1937

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Additional information

Signed

signature in corner medallion

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