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Printed cotton curtain
(ستارة قطن مطبوعة)

Title	Printed cotton curtain
Title Original	ستارة قطن مطبوعة
Publication Date:	Second half of the nineteenth century
Publication Place	- World Museum, Vienna
Subject	cotton
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 176 سم ، العرض : 116 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	120.064
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus23;18;ar
Library Location	World Museum, Vienna
Date	Second half of the nineteenth century
Notes	The specific products of the Qajar era, the Persian term for qalamkar (literally meaning writing works), refers to printed and/or painted cotton fabrics decorated with animals, images of Persian heroic fables, flowery patterns, and panicles or cypress trees sprouting from the vases. Depending on the shape, Qalamkar designs were used as fabrics for clothing, curtains for hanging on walls, or table covers. The most famous member of this ruling family is Nasr al-Din Shah, who visited the World's Fair in Vienna in 1873.
Sample Text	"Printed Cotton Curtain" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;18;ar

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Printed cotton curtain

(ستارة قطن مطبوعة)

Publication Date Second half of the nineteenth century

Publication Place - World Museum, Vienna

Subject cotton

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 176 سم ، العرض : 116 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 120.064

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus23;18;ar

Library Location World Museum, Vienna

Date Second half of the nineteenth century

Notes The specific products of the Qajar era, the Persian term for qalamkar (literally meaning writing works), refers to printed and/or painted cotton fabrics decorated with animals, images of Persian heroic fables, flowery patterns, and panicles or cypress trees sprouting from the vases. Depending on the shape, Qalamkar designs were used as fabrics for clothing, curtains for hanging on walls, or table covers. The most famous member of this ruling family is Nasr al-Din Shah, who visited the World's Fair in Vienna in 1873.

Sample Text "Printed Cotton Curtain" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;18;ar