Textile Fragment with Sailing Ships, ca. 1600, Attributed to Iran, Silk, metal wrapped thread; double weave, Textile: L. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm), Textiles-Woven, This fully reversible fragment of a complex double weave textile shows sailing ships, swimming ducks, and leaping fish on a minuscule scale in white or red, respectively. The sailors appear to be European, reflecting a typical Safavid motif, which developed as a result of the extensive maritime trade between Europe and Asia
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Textile Fragment, Sailing Ships, ca, 1600, Attributed, Iran, Silk, metal wrapped thread, double weave, Textile, L, 22 1/4, 56.5 cm, Textiles-Woven, fully, reversible, fragment, complex double, weave, textile, sailing ships, swimming ducks, leaping fish, minuscule scale, white, red, respectively, sailors, European, reflecting, typical Safavid, motif, developed, result, extensive maritime, trade, Europe, Asia
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