used
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Woven silk, satin ground, cut on the bias.
Warp: grey silk, possibly Z-twist.
Weft: silk, green, light blue, orange faded to yellow, red, all indeterminable twist.
Dark grey ground with a small repeating pattern. Ogival lattice formed by a broken green line edged in orange [faded to yellow] with either a simple four-petalled rosette or a horizontal bar at the junctions. Within the lattice there is either a red blossom with upward turning green leaves or [in alternate rows] a six-petalled rosette in light blue with a green centre. All edged in orange [faded to yellow]. (en)
- Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of silk satin, Iran, 1800-1870 (en)
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