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Two pieces of brocade (brocade) fabric with the shape of a stupid, butterfly, deer and hare
(قطعتين من قماش بروكار مقصب مع شكل بغباء ، فراشة ، غزال وأرنب بري)

Title	Two pieces of brocade (brocade) fabric with the shape of a stupid, butterfly, deer and hare
Title Original	قطعتين من قماش بروكار مقصب مع شكل بغباء ، فراشة ، غزال وأرنب بري
Author	unknown
Author Original	مجهول
Publication Date:	The first half of the seventeenth century AD
Publication Place	- Khninko Museum
Subject	Silk, metal-coated threads, reeds — unknown
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول :42 سم ، العرض : 88 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	370 БВ
Record ID	object;EPM;uc;Mus21;12;ar
Library Location	Khninko Museum
Date	The first half of the seventeenth century AD
Notes	Two pieces of roughly equal size in a square shape of patterned brocade silk sewn together on a holder. “The flower and the bird,” a favorite theme of love in Persian culture, is further developed here by adding images of a butterfly, a deer, and a hare. The asymmetry in the proportions of animals indicates a semantic hierarchy in which the bird and the flower are the most important. Brocade fabrics made of Persian silver and gold thread and other precious fabrics were essential items used in the production of Iranian art pieces. They were an export during the Safavid era and were the highest level of fashion among both Iranian and European aristocrats and also the Christian religious class.
Sample Text	“Two pieces of brocade (reeded) fabric with the motif of a fool, a butterfly, a deer and a hare” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;12;ar

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Two pieces of brocade (brocade) fabric with the shape of a stupid, butterfly, deer and hare

(قطعتين من قماش بروكار مقصب مع شكل بغباء ، فراشة ، غزال وأرنب بري)

Author unknown

Author Original مجهول

Publication Date The first half of the seventeenth century AD

Publication Place - Khninko Museum

Subject Silk, metal-coated threads, reeds — unknown

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول :42 سم ، العرض : 88 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 370 БВ

Record ID object;EPM;uc;Mus21;12;ar

Library Location Khninko Museum

Date The first half of the seventeenth century AD

Notes Two pieces of roughly equal size in a square shape of patterned brocade silk sewn together on a holder. “The flower and the bird,” a favorite theme of love in Persian culture, is further developed here by adding images of a butterfly, a deer, and a hare. The asymmetry in the proportions of animals indicates a semantic hierarchy in which the bird and the flower are the most important. Brocade fabrics made of Persian silver and gold thread and other precious fabrics were essential items used in the production of Iranian art pieces. They were an export during the Safavid era and were the highest level of fashion among both Iranian and European aristocrats and also the Christian religious class.

Sample Text “Two pieces of brocade (reeded) fabric with the motif of a fool, a butterfly, a deer and a hare” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;12;ar