Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1860
Publication Place
Great Britain (made) Iran (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles Fashion Clothing Europeana Fashion Project
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Maximum length: 155cm, Around the skirt hem circumference: 313cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.211-1976
Record ID
T.211-1976
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1860
Notes
Dress of woven wool, fabric made in Iran, Great Britain, 1860-1890
Sample Text
Translation Made to order! Excellent New Design! Superior! Superior! / Number 14. Note embroidered with silk in naskh script; on the front lower skirt near the centre seam.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tapestry woven wool
Fiziksel açıklama
Note: this description is for the patterned fabric only and not for the garment. Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry; pieced. One red selvedge with two yellow warp threads is visible along the right hand side of the bodice. Green ground with a diagonal meander travelling from the lower right to the upper left. It has a red stem with branches and blue details and is outlined in orange. However the dense and complex design is best described in bands: [1] left facing upright botehs with a central white ground and a simple spray of red and blue flowers and green leaves. Slightly above the boteh is a right facing diagonal boteh with a red centre and three blue flowers. [2] an upright right facing boteh with a green centre and, to the side and slightly above it is a left facing boteh with a black ground edged in red with two flowers and a carnation on a horizontal line. [3] the meander branches which curl to the right and terminate in a dark red flower head, those which curl to the left end in a composite spray of predominantly dark red and white flowers and a downward pointing yellow boteh. There are many details including a narrow subsidiary stem in purple edged in yellow which travels diagonally from lower left to upper right. Warp: green wool Weft: white, yellow, orange, green, purple, red and blue wool; all S-twist; pink wool, Z-twist; black and violet wool, indeterminable twist.
