Woman's Blouse (Iran)

Woman's blouse with metal thread embroidery, Iran, early 20th century. Woman's blouse with metal thread embroidery, Iran, early 20th century. Courtesy Textile Research Centre, Leiden, acc. no. TRC 2000.0026.

The Textile Research Centre in Leiden has a cotton woman's blouse (locally called a pirahan) from Iran, which is decorated with metal thread hand embroidery. It dates to the first half of the twentieth century.

TRC online catalogue (retrieved 9 October 2016).

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