Hanging
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangular hanging embroidered to illustrate events in a heroic legend – possibly that of Rustam the Slayer of a Dragon – in a polychrome central panel on a red background. Curving vine floral borders on four sides on a black background. Wide outer border with isolated plant forms growing out from the center on a red background.
place: label: made in
content: Iran
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1977-80-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Hanging
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool, silk, cotton Technique: pieces of fulled plain weave sewn together using stem stitches to form foundation; stem stitches attach a plied cord on the front; chain stitch for design done with a hook; borders embroidered as one continuous strip and later assembled
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 244 x 160 cm (96 1/16 x 63 in.)