A Safavid silk and metal thread brocade fragment from a coat garment, Persia, circa 1700

comprising multiple sections from the same silk cloth stitched together, designed with a repeat pattern of a bird in a rose-bush with butterfly composed of green, pink, brown, yellow and blue with gold and silver-threads, mounted on a stretcher

 

Fragmentary, although from same loom, some sections joined together in slightly disparate order, minor sections with light fraying and associated consolidation, mounted on a custom cloth canvas with the edges sown lightly on, please consult a professional restorer as to the conservation of this piece and its application on the canvas, as viewed.
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A related fragment is in the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., see C. Bier, (ed.), Woven from the Soul, Spun from the Heart, Washington D.C., 1987, pp.172-3, no.3.151, pl.18.