Jameel Gallery
Part of a Tent Wall
Iran
1830–50
Iranian rulers used magnificent tents on campaign and during peacetime excursions. Tent walls were divided into panels, with designs of flowering stems. In this example, the stems grow from a metal vessel, worked in silver thread.
Patchwork of felted wool, with silk embroidery and couched metal thread.
Museum no. 858-1892
[2013]