Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Butterflies Flowers Hyacinths (Flowers) Tulips Roses (Flowers) Narcissuses (Flowers)
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 9.375in, Width: 7.375in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.128-1930
Record ID
T.128-1930
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Brocaded silk with butterflies, flowers, and stripes; Persia; 1600s.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Brocaded silk and gold and silver thread Silk (Textile) Silver Thread Gold Thread Brocaded
Fiziksel açıklama
Woven in silk and gold and silvert thread with a twill tie, and brocaded in silk. Chiefly yellow and shades of red, green, and blue, on a ground of gold (main pattern) and silver (two side borders). The pattern depicts stems of roses, tulips, narcissi, hyacinths, and other flowers, with butterflies alighting on the hyacinths. The borders are filled with a repeating pattern of flowering plants.
