المؤلف
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
تاريخ النشر
1840
مكان النشر
Iran (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Length: 131cm, Width: 114cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
T.85-1923
رقم السجل
T.85-1923
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1840
ملاحظات
A cover, felted wool, Iran, possibly Rasht, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
woollen yarn, silk thread, weaving, patchwork, embroidering, roller printing, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama
Resht work, plain weave felted wool, patchwork, inlaid work, embroidered with silk in a variety of stitches predominantly chain stitch, faced with striped silk and backed with roller printed cotton twill. Note: researchers may use the terms applique and tambour when searching for this category of textile even though they are incorrect. Dark red ground with a black central medallion framing an 8-petalled rosette of light turquoise and beige around a deep red circle. In between this and the circular frame, leafy sprays in blues holding assorted flower and bud forms in turquoise, white, pink, dark red and light green. These colours are echoed in the circular frame. Four smaller black circles are placed outside the main circle each containing a floral motif in white, light green and beige. Alternating with these are large black ground compartments containing a complex floral arrangement. Small white circles [possibly representing pearls] have been used to create the outlines. The remainder of the dark red ground is covered with flowers including tulips and rosebuds. The dark red ground has been pieced top and bottom before being embroidered but in the top left hand corner there is a piece which may have been cut from along the right hand side of this panel and in the top right hand corner there is a piece which seems to have come from another embroidery. Note: it seems strange to embroider a panel and then cut through the embroidery. Borders: [1] narrow yellow border [2] black border with red ovoid shapes and light blue circles and small light green rosettes linked by white or yellow stitching. Pieced, cutting through the embroidery. [3] narrow red border [4] pale turquoise ground, pieced in several places cutting through the embroidery. Two undulating lines almost forming lobed ovals each containing a red or black circle with smaller red rosettes off-set to the side. [5] yellow border. Note: the black fabric either was never felted or the 'fuzz' or pile has worn away as it has on some of the other colours. Embroidery thread: 2S silk; white, yellow, light yellow, light blue, black, 2 pinks, purple, green. Inset wool: dark red, light turquoise, beige, light brown, white, light green, dark brown, black, dark blue or purple, yellow, red. Facing: bias cut, plain weave silk; stripes. Red weft. Warp: yellow, light blue, white, red, dark blue, green. Backing: roller-printed cotton twill; yellow ground, off-set pattern; red and green with white details. The design forms vase like compartments possibly imitating shawl patterns. There is no applied cord or embroidery to disguise the seams. It appears to have been assembled from different pieces with an older and better quality central panel.
