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| - Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of woven silk and metal threads, Iran, 1800-1899 (en)
- Dress fabric of woven silk and metal threads.
Woven silk and metal thread, twill binding.
Warp: pink silk, indeterminable twist. Weft: silk, green, white, red and mauve, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk, indeterminable twist.
Yellow metal ground with ogival white lattice, each ogee contains a floral spray of three red and mauve flowers on a green stem with leaves. Small scale design. (en)
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