FRAGMENT OF A SIXTEENTH- AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIAN BROCADE Light blue silk satin embroidered in pink, blue and gold silk with boteh motifs. (Worn, restored). In a frame. Iran, Isfahan, reign of Shâh 'Abbâs, 16th-17th centuries. A SILK BROCADE FRAGMENT, IRAN, ISFAHAN, 16TH-17TH CENTURY. DIM. (VIEW) 36,5 X 24 CM (14 3/8 X 9 7/16 IN.) Provenance - Former Hippolyte and Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil collection. - Given as a gift by Mr Albert Bodart (1883-1969), 27 April 1949, diplomat, notably French ambassador to Iran between 1937 and 1939.