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Textile fragment with gold disks

13th–14th century
Object PlaceTabriz or environs, Iran
Medium/TechniqueSilk cut-and-voided velvet with supplementary gold-wrapped silk wefts
Dimensions16 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number93.376
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1893, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1835 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA (Accession Date: September 1, 1893)
Length of velvet
first half of 16th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Fragment of velvet
17th or 18th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal
1800–50
Altar frontal
second quarter of 19th century
Panel for carpet
second half of 19th century
Altar frontal (one of a pair)
second half of 19th century