Wall Hanging of hand-blocked cotton print in a prayer-niche design with each section filled with floral patterns, cones, lamp and bird motifs

Title
Wall Hanging of hand-blocked cotton print in a prayer-niche design with each section filled with floral patterns, cones, lamp and bird motifs
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Donor
Clark, Ava Milam, 1884-1976
Description
Wall Hanging of hand-blocked cotton print in a prayer-niche design with each section filled with floral patterns, cones, lamp and bird motifs; top center has written characters; colors are dark muted red, blue and mustard yellow with black lines; some bands have a rounded zig-zag pattern; the ground color is a whitish-grey; the back is lined in bright red cotton with an edging of a hand-blocked print, floral patterned striped fabric.
Motif
Prayer-niche Stylized floral, cone and lamp
Work Type
wall hangings
Location
Iran
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
1952.005.008
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton
Technique
Hand-block print
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University