Curtain

Description

Curtain, cotton fabric block printed with a cypress tree growing from a vase on top of a mountain and flanked by animals and birds: West Asia, Iran, Qajar, 1880 - 1885

Museum reference

A.1888.313

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Curtain, Pardeh, Wall hanging

Production information

Agha, Muhammad Ahmad Husain, Hajji, 1880 - 1885 (fl.), Artisan
Iran, West Asia

Date

1880 - 1885

Style / Culture

Qajar period

Materials

Cotton, Dye

Physical description

Cotton, block printed in different colours

References

Voigt, Friederike. “’A place where eternally blossoming roses grow’: The garden in Iranian textiles”, Journal of the Oriental Rug and Textile Society, 4 (2), Summer 2021, pp. 4-9 and fig. 10.