A SILK AND METAL-THREAD BROCADED TEXTILE PANEL, PROBABLY PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY |

on a cream silk ground, embroidered with metal and polychrome silk threads with velvet details, in a floral composition within arabesque bands, the large borders containing en-suite foliate details, mounted on a stretcher and set in a protective Plexiglas case

The silk ground stitched from three sections (as visible), some discoloration and staining, most of the metal and silk polychrome threads in good condition, few slightly frayed, mounted on stretcher and set with plexiglas case in front for protecting, as viewed.
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A textile attributed to Persia, circa 1840-70, with similar decoration is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.156-1929), illustrated in J. Wearden and P.L. Baker, Iranian Textiles, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010, pp.62-3, fig.45.