Textile Panel with Birds amid Flowering Vines, first half 17th century

---

Textile Panel with Birds amid Flowering Vines, first half 17th century, Attributed to Iran, Silk, metal wrapped thread; taqueté, Textile: H. 38 1/2 in. ( cm), Textiles-Woven, The interlocking pattern of this silk panel features a popular bird-and-flower motif that alternates direction in each repeated row. The effect of achieving a borderless repeat is a challenge confronting textile designers in the planning phases of the design, and indicates great skill when executed as flawlessly as in this panel

---

Size: 2711px × 3568px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1/2, 17th, 38, , achieving, alternates, attributed, bird, birds, borderless, century, challenge, cm, confronting, design, designers, direction, effect, executed, features, flawlessly, flower, flowering, great, interlocking, iran, metal, motif, panel, pattern, phases, planning, popular, repeat, repeated, row, silk, skill, taqueté, textile, textiles-woven, thread, vines, wrapped