Fragment, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: compound twill weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning (brocade), Fragment of woven silk with a repeating pattern of a bird perched on a branch of roses arising from a mound. In pale blue, green, and pink silks on a silver metallic ground., Persia, present-day Iran or India, 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment

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