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Fragment of a silk Persian textile with a pheasant among flowers and leaves
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Fragment of a silk fabric. A white satin ground, decorated with a sparse weft of flat silver. On it stands a pheasant in multicolored velvet (shorn pile) between flowers and leaves. The colors are light and dark blue, brown, and red, yellow, and green. Persian.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineFragment van een zijden Perzisch weefsel met een fazant tussen bloemen en blaadjes. c. 1400 - c. 1500. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
