See also another Naqsh embroidery panel, dating to the eighteenth century, also in the Cleveland Museum of Art (acc. 1916.1307).
Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue (retrieved 3rd September 2017).
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Panel of Naqsh embroidery, Iran
Fragment of embroidered fabric in the Naqsh tradition, perhaps for a pair of woman's trousers. Iran, (early) 19th century.
Courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art, acc. no. 2016.1307.
The collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, includes a piece of fabric that was probably meant for a pair of woman's trousers. The fragment measures 65 x 51 cm and is made of a cotton ground material with silk thread embroidery in outline stitch. The embroidery consists of diagonal bands in the Naqsh tradition.
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