Bedspread of hand-spun, hand-woven natural tan cotton (looks like linen) with a hand-blocked polychrome print

Title
Bedspread of hand-spun, hand-woven natural tan cotton (looks like linen) with a hand-blocked polychrome print
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Donor
Diedesch, Marie
Description
Bedspread of hand-spun, hand-woven natural tan cotton (looks like linen) with a hand-blocked polychrome print in reds, blues and mustard gold of thistle vine and flower bands trimming a center rectangle of heavily patterned design; center area pattern includes human figures, elephants, animals, peacocks, horse, temple motif, animal-human figures and plants on ecru ground; outer edge has a lamp of temple-top motif; fringe on all sides.
Motif
Floral Vine Human Animals Peacock Horse Elephant
Work Type
bedspreads
Location
Iran
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
1975.009.001
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton
Technique
Hand-spun Hand-woven Hand-blocked polychrome print
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University