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: 47.5cm, One selvedge width: 43cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
2366-1876
Record ID
2366-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing, whitework
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave linen [?], probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches, needleweaving and pulled thread work; whitework Pieced; the four large corner units of large netting in pulled thread work form a hexagon framed with reciprocal trefoils in straight stitch. Inside this is a long rectangle of pulled thread work except for a small lozenge of undecorated linen at the centre. The whole area is framed by a wide composite band slightly different on the top and bottom to down the sides; it is pulled thread work, and there is a lattice of needleweavon lozenges, and again the pulled thread work. Linen [?] thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S but also some floss [untwisted].
