Silk Fragment with a Rosebush, Bird, and Deer Pattern, late 17th–early 18th century, Attributed to Iran, Silk, silver- and gilded metal wrapped thread; compound twill weave, brocaded, Textile: H. 44 5/8 in. (113.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, Iranian silk production expanded markedly in the early seventeenth century, thanks to the patronage of Shah 'Abbas I. Silk was most intensively farmed in the Caspian Sea provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran and was woven all over Iran
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Silk Fragment, Rosebush, Bird, Deer Pattern, late 17th–early 18th century, Attributed, Iran, Silk, silver, gilded metal wrapped thread, compound twill weave, brocaded, Textile, H, 44 5/8, 113.3 cm, Textiles-Woven, Iranian silk, production, expanded, markedly, early seventeenth, century, thanks, patronage, Shah, Abbas I, intensively farmed, Caspian Sea, provinces, Gilan, Mazandaran, woven
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