Sleeve with rose bushes and butterflies

early 1600s

Maker Unknown

Textiles

Sleeve with rose bushes and butterflies, early 1600s. Iran, reign of Shah Abbas. Compound tabby ground with diasper pattern, brocaded; silk; overall: 26 x 46.5 cm (10 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.744.a

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Textile
Formatted Medium: compound tabby ground with diasper pattern, brocaded; silk
Medium: compound, tabby, ground, diasper, pattern, brocaded, silk
Dimensions: Overall: 26 x 46.5 cm (10 1/4 x 18 5/16 in.)
Departments: Textiles
Accession Number: 1924.744.a
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: 2000 Years of Silk Weaving,
Rights Statement: CC0