Curtain (one of a pair)

1600s–1700s Overall: 281 x 157.7 cm (110 5/8 x 62 1/16 in.) Source image
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One of a pair, this curtain displays colorful silk bands with woven geometric motifs, and cream bands with gold-embroidered plants, birds, six-pointed stars, and the khamsah (خمسة), an open five-fingered hand. Birds and the tree of life were popular good luck or fertility symb...

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