Sash with Flowering Plants, 17th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan, Silk, silver- and gilt-metal wrapped thread (metal strip, silk core); taqueté, brocaded, Textile: H. 164 in. (416.5 cm), Textiles-Costumes, Sashes like this one became popular in seventeenth-century Iran, where they were tied around the waist with the ends hanging down. The arrangement seen here is a common design, consisting of two end panels containing flowering plants separated by a field of narrow alternating bands of floral scrolls
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Sash, Flowering Plants, 17th century, Attributed, Iran, Kashan, Silk, silver, gilt-metal wrapped thread, metal strip, silk core, taqueté, brocaded, Textile, H, 164, 416.5 cm, Textiles-Costumes, Sashes, popular, seventeenth-century Iran, tied, waist, ends hanging down, arrangement, common design, consisting, two, panels containing, flowering, plants, separated, field, narrow alternating, bands, floral scrolls
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