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India or Persia (present-day Iran) · 1825/50 · Art Institute of Chicago

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Maker: India or Persia (present-day Iran)
Date: 1825/50
Medium: Wool, pieced 2:2 twill weaves; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in chain, detached chain, coral, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; main warp fringe
Dimensions: 239.8 × 216.1 cm (94 3/8 × 85 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: India
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Herbert L. Stern

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

India or Persia (present-day Iran) · 1825/50 · Art Institute of Chicago

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

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Maker: India or Persia (present-day Iran)
Date: 1825/50
Medium: Wool, pieced 2:2 twill weaves; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in chain, detached chain, coral, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; main warp fringe
Dimensions: 239.8 × 216.1 cm (94 3/8 × 85 1/8 in.)
Place of origin: India
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Herbert L. Stern

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0