Curtain panel, Medium: silk Technique: compound twill with complementary wefts Label: silk twill with complementary wefts, Silk curtain panel in dark blue, white, green and yellow silk on a dull red ground. The yellow silk forms the major part of the design: ten panels of exquisitely drawn arabesques are formed entirely of yellow silk wefts; the composition of the two tile panels is also largely outlined by the yellow. In the upper star panel, the pattern is formed by means of a system of super-imposed large and small squares. The outlining bands of the squares have been merged

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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