Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1786
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 51.5cm, Width: 47.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
52-1895
Record ID
52-1895
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1786
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Cover, silk satin with dense trellis pattern of flowers and birds, and silk brocade borders, signed Sadeq, Qajar Iran, dated 1201H, 1786-1787
Sample Text
Note Woven inscription 'Sadek' and date 121, probably an abbreviation for 1201AH [1786-1787AD].
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama
Cover of woven silk satin with a border of woven silk and metal thread and a silk binding. Displayed behind glass. 8 shaft satin with pink silk warp and yellow, light blue and brown silk weft. Pieced pink ground with pairs of confronting birds forming a zigzag band. Small vertical upside down tulip heads link the zigzags to form a lattice. Within each compartment is a single flower. Along the top of the piece is a band of 16 small cartouches each enclosing the inscription 'Sadek' which is the name of the manufacturer and the date 121, probably an abbreviation for 1201AH [1787AD]. There is a pieced border along one side. It has a blue ground but the design is incomplete. There are pairs of serrated leaves in metal thread which seem to form an ogival lattice, only part of which is seen. It enclosed a linked arrangement of 5-petalled flowers around a green edge rosette. There is a red silk binding.
