Men at Baths, Antique Persian/Ottomon Manuscript Painting with Fantastic Color and Pattern Detail tins tells us this finely handwoven

tells us this finely handwoven textile

as accurately documented in photos

with the silk still held very taut all the way around

made for brushing the rim of a hat

literally threading the picture together

Men at Baths, Antique Persian/Ottomon Manuscript Painting with Fantastic Color and Pattern Detail tins tells us this finely handwovenI love a miniature manuscript painting those lush gouaches do it for me every time and a hot bath too, so what delight to find this one this week at a favorite treasure trove in New Hampshire. And what better vehicle for delivering the pure joys of color and pattern than rendering a variety of Middle Eastern ceramic tiles covering every surface here and framing the view, too and then yet more marvelous pattern for the water itself, in which two of the