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Textile fragment with paired birds and deer
Textile fragment with paired birds and deer

Textile fragment with paired birds and deer

late 12th century
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueSilk; plain weave, clamp-resist dyed
Dimensions72 x 84 cm (28 3/8 x 33 1/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .84 x .72
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.815
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsAs beautifully set forth as a feast and as graceful as a glade I am. The adorned sun in the newborn spring seen from the garden I am. For this reason I became a grand portent to everyone, That from the workshop of Amirak the dyer I am.ProvenanceGift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA, April 1, 1915.
Textile sample
early 18th century
Length of silk
18th or 19th century
Textile fragment
8th century
Diaper (Omutsu)
19th or 20th century
Diaper (omutsu)
19th or 20th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century