A fragment of Safavid brocade, woven with a parrot perching in a flowering rose bush, with a butterfly above and a stag below,-- 8in x 4in; and another fragment of red satin brocaded with blue and white birds in flowering bushes, both late 16th, early 17th century, in white card mounts (2)

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A fragment of Safavid brocade, woven with a parrot perching in a flowering rose bush, with a butterfly above and a stag below,-- 8in x 4in; and another fragment of red satin brocaded with blue and white birds in flowering bushes, both late 16th, early 17th century, in white card mounts (2)
Literature
Cf Persische Seiden, Krefeld, 1988, page 18, Catalogue Number 9, for a fragment of this silk

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