Number 1381
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Origin Kerman
Style Tree
Size 105 x 105
Age 1900
A ceremonial animal trapping from the Qajar period, woven for a member of the aristocracy. Woven in the popular style of the Millefleurs School of Kerman, it presents a tree of life with a radiance of joyful flowery forms. The shape is eye catching, being half square and half circular. It would have been used in parades and other formal events involving the feudal elite.
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