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Silk fabric with a design of horizontal bands featuring a repeating pattern of whimsical C-scrolls, birds, flowers, and radiant suns along the length of the cloth
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Length of silk in satin weave with locally woven damask pattern. Design of a square frame built up of whimsical C-scrolls within which two mirrored birds and (lotus) flowers and two radiating suns, also mirrored, are woven in pairs in purple/grey against a plain brown ground. Eastern textile.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBaan zijde met dessin van in een vierkant opgebouwd patroon van grillige C-voluten, vogels, bloemen en stralende zonnen, zich herhalend over de lengte van de stof. c. 1900 - c. 1920. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
