Textile panel (covering or shawl)
Medium:Chintz: block-printed cotton tabby
Geography: Eşfahān (Isfahan), Iran
Date: 1800-1899?
Object number: 973.336.30
DescriptionThe square central field has a formalized medallion on a ground filled with scrolling leaf stems and stylized flower heads; conventionalized birds are placed unobrusively among the flowers. This is surrounded by 4 bands of floral meander at the sides and two at the ends. The end panels each contain 5 large floral cones, the so-called Persian pear motif. Amongst these, similar motifs repeat on a reduced size. Inscription not yet deciphered.
