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    • Site created and maintainted by 
    Jodie "Jayde" Chabot (c) 1998
    -home site-
    18th c. Persian silk embroidery Gilch double cloth - two pieces one piece 8"x15", the other 2.5"x4.5".
    The prominent feature of this embroidery is its diagonal design which is characteristic of the embroideries of this period. The illustration indicated a typical use of these embroideries.
    Purchased by Nellie Gard 
    18th c. Persian silk embroidered Gilch double cloth
    18th c. Persian handwoven tapestry double cloth, in floral and geometric pattern, 9"x5.75"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard in Cairo, Egypt
    18th c. Persian handwoven tapestry double cloth
    18th - 19th c. Persian embroideries made into a patch work square 12.5"x13" used to wrap or carry treasures. Designs are of birds, arabesques and animals.
    Purchased by Nellie Gard 
    18th - 19th c Persian embroidery
    Late 16th, early 17th c. Persian silk double cloth, 2"X4". This article was commonplace during this period.
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    late 16th, early 17th c. persian silk double cloth
    17th - 18th c. Persian brocaded silk waist sash, 4.5"x7"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    17th - 18th c. Persian brocaded silk waist sash
    18th c. Persian floral silk brocade border 4"x2"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    18th c. Persian border
    18th c. Persian silk brocade border 4.5"x3"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    18th c. Persian border
    18th c. Persian silk brocade border, floral on gold 7"x2.5"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    18th c. Persian border
    18th c. Persian jacquard handwoven silk brocade on a dark blue ground with closely spaced paisleys, cerise satin border 11"x12.5"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    18th c. Persian border
    18th c. Persian floral silk brocade border 5"x1.25"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    18th c. Persian border
    17th c. Persian silk floral brocade ribbon, blue & rose on gold.
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    17th c. Persian ribbon
    17th c. Persian silk double weave ribbon, 8.75"x2.75"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard in Cairo
    17th c. Persian ribbon
    17th c. Persian silk floral brocade fragment, 10.75"x4.75"
    18th c. Persian floral silk brocade border 5"x1.25"
    Purchased by Nellie Gard
    17th c. Persian brocade fragment
    19th c. Persian handwoven silk shantung Hier Cloth 40"x48" 
    Hand embroidered design in silk chain stitch

     

     
     
     
     
     

    Donated by Nellie Gard 
    Persian Hier Cloth