Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, grid design of star-medallions and cartouches on yellow ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1750-1800 Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch with a facing of woven silk and a backing of silk satin. The central field has a yellow ground and is decorated with 5 complete rows of geometric motifs. Row [1] has an 8-pointed star in either dark blue with a red diamond in the centre or a red star with a green diamond. Brackets at the corners form an interrupted square around the star. This motif alternates with a white horizontal cartouche with a small vertical green cartouche, blue diamond and horizontal arch-shaped segments. Row [2] has a light blue vertical cartouche like the cartouche in row [1] but in different colours alternating with a blue pointed square containing a light yellow star. Black lines from the corner of this pointed square join the corners of the dark blue or red stars. The border has a very pale grey ground with a lobed diamond in yellow alternating with a lobed cartouche in pink. Facing: bias-cut dark blue silk with a fine light blue irregular check. Backing: pieced; green satin. Embroidery Thread: 2S silk; black [outlines], shades of red sometimes faded to pink, yellow, light blue, blue, dark blue, green, white, pale grey, greenish-beige, light brown.