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Collections

Textile Length with Design of Flowering Plants17th century

Not on view
Textile fragment with allover black embroidery on a golden-tan ground, featuring repeating columns of flowering stems, tulips, rosettes, and spiral motifs, with teal-blue border strips at left and right edges

Unknown, Textile Length with Design of Flowering Plants, 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Length with Design of Flowering Plants
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
17th century
Medium
Cut and voided silk velvet on a metallic ground
Dimensions
Textile: 23 × 27 5/8 in. (58.42 × 70.17 cm) Mount: 26 7/8 × 31 1/2 × 1/2 in. (68.26 × 80.01 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.610
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.