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Cover or hanging with hunting and poetic scenes

First half of 18th century
Object PlaceNorthwestern Iran (Azerbaijan)
Medium/TechniqueCotton and silk; cotton plain weave embroidered with silk; surface darning and running stitch
Dimensions79 x 118 cm (31 1/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number24.438
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ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA, November 6, 1924.
mid-18th century
18th century
mid 16th–mid 17th century
1476–1534
early 17th century
19th century
16th–17th century
mid 16th–mid 17th century
about A.D. 700