Wall cover with flora, peacocks, and portrait medallions

1800s Overall: 82.6 x 194.3 cm (32 1/2 x 76 1/2 in.) Source image
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The European fashion of installing Chinese export silks with painted decoration as luxurious wall coverings may have inspired this exceptional Iranian silk. European engravings, which had flooded the Iranian market by the 19th century, most likely inspired the pattern. This ra...

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