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Group shot: 98.963, 98.968
Textile fragment
Group shot: 98.963, 98.968

Textile fragment

late 16th or 17th century
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueSilk; plain-weave triple cloth
Dimensions31 x 38 cm (12 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number98.963
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsPersian poetry on this minutely detailed textile reads, "Come, for the Padshah's victorious banner has arrived; the good news and glad tidings of triumph have reached the sun and moon…"ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA, November 10, 1898.
Nov. 10, 1898.