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Title	Fragment
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1100
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 3.2in, Length: 8cm, Width: 4.125in, Width: 10.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.2-1953
Record ID	T.2-1953
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1100
Notes	Middle East, Textile. Fragment, silk lampas with gilt brocade, with pattern of stars, peacocks, hares and Arabic text, possibly Iran, 1100-1200
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Brocaded silk lampas, gilt membrane Silk (Textile)
Fiziksel açıklama	Textile fragment of brocaded silk lampas with a gilt membrane. Hexagons on a ground divided by coursing hares. With a palmette finial at the top and bottom points of the hexagon. Within the hexagons there is an eight-pointed star containing a peacock between two smaller birds. In the spaces between the framework of the star and that of the hexagon there run Arabic inscriptions. The palmette finial, the peacock, and the two birds are brocaded.

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Fragment

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1100

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 3.2in, Length: 8cm, Width: 4.125in, Width: 10.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.2-1953

Record ID T.2-1953

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1100

Notes Middle East, Textile. Fragment, silk lampas with gilt brocade, with pattern of stars, peacocks, hares and Arabic text, possibly Iran, 1100-1200

Malzemeler ve teknikler Brocaded silk lampas, gilt membrane Silk (Textile)

Fiziksel açıklama Textile fragment of brocaded silk lampas with a gilt membrane. Hexagons on a ground divided by coursing hares. With a palmette finial at the top and bottom points of the hexagon. Within the hexagons there is an eight-pointed star containing a peacock between two smaller birds. In the spaces between the framework of the star and that of the hexagon there run Arabic inscriptions. The palmette finial, the peacock, and the two birds are brocaded.