Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles Accessories Bags
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 52cm, Width: 49cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.23-1923
Record ID
T.23-1923
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
A soap bag, with silk threads, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, needlelace, whitework
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches, buttonhole stitch and pulled thread work with needlelace insertions; whitework. Two small rectangular panels of white cotton joined around three sides with needlelace insertions to form a bag. Each of the two faces are very similarly embroidered with pulled thread work. With four corner patterns of a diagonal band and square motif, the central panel has a hexagonal shape sub-divided into small lozenge forms each delineated by diagonal bands, all formed by pulled thread work. Surrounding this central panel is a composite border on all four sides with the main edging in a chevron pattern, in pulled thread work. There may be bands of needleweaving within this design. The open end is turned and hemmed with white silk but then worked in a series of 3 [2 short and 1 long] buttonhole stitches in dark brown silk. Cotton thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk, 2S; dark brown silk, 2S.
