Qajar-era embroidered cover

Qajar-era embrodiered cover with geometric motifs, Iran, 19th century. Qajar-era embrodiered cover with geometric motifs, Iran, 19th century. Courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art, acc. no. 1916.1303.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, houses a Qajar-era (nineteenth century) covering from Iran, with silk thread embroidery in running stitch and surface darning, worked on a cotton ground material. It measures 101 x 102 cm. The embroidery shows a range of geometric motifs.

The Cleveland Museum online catalogue (retrieved 3rd September 2017).

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