Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 29.5cm, Width: 30cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
CIRC.734-1924
Record ID
CIRC.734-1924
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
A cover, woven silk and metal thread on a satin ground, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, woollen yarn, metal thread, weaving, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Woven silk and metal thread, faced with bias cut blue silk satin and backed with red woollen twill. Warp: light beige [originally pink, perhaps] silk, Z-twist Weft: white silk, Z-twist; red, brown, blue and light blue silk, all indeterminable twist Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on white silk Four pieces joined horizontally. There is a narrow border top and bottom: brown meander with red and blue flower heads; the upper border has been stitched on. There are three bands of left-facing botehs in offset rows; there is a seam between each row. Each boteh is outlined in dark brown and has decorative red and blue roots. It contains a floral stem of blue and red flowers. There is a small right-facing boteh between the bases of the larger ones.
