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Textile fragment with strawberry plants and butterflies
Textile fragment with strawberry plants and butterflies

Textile fragment with strawberry plants and butterflies

17th century
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueSilk and metal-wrapped silk; cut-and-voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions146.5 x 73 cm (57 11/16 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund
Accession number51.2477
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ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsIngeniously composed inscriptionsProvenanceDikran Kélékian (b. 1868 - d. 1951), New York; sold by Kélékian to Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles; 1951, sold by Loewi to the MFA for $875. (Accession Date: November 8, 1951)