A length of silk Kirman shawl cloth woven with a lattice of small pairs of opposing cones within ogival frames--35 x 220in. (88 x 550cm.), second half of 19th century, Persian, finished at one end, cut at the other

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A length of silk Kirman shawl cloth woven with a lattice of small pairs of opposing cones within ogival frames--35 x 220in. (88 x 550cm.), second half of 19th century, Persian, finished at one end, cut at the other
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An example of Husayn Quli work. See "Islamic Textiles", Patricia Baker, 1995, pps. 134/5.

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