Textile

Very large rectangular pink textile painted with borders of little gold flowers inside of small diamonds. The image of the lion crest topped with a crown seems to indicate that this was made for the Persian market as this is the coat of arms for the Qajar Dynasty in Iran. Dyed, plain-weave cotton printed using the khari technique. Design is hand drown and applied with roghan, mixed with metallic powders such as ground mica or glitter. Each flower has a mirror attached at the center. The central panel has two lions rearing up around a circular crest topped with a crown all painted in gold. A large flower is painted at each corner. Border along outermost edge is of small flowers with three parallel lines along two edges.