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: 34cm, Width: 34.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
2387-1876
Record ID
2387-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave unbleached cotton, hand-woven, embroidered with silk in satin and other straight stitches, pulled thread work, whitework. The central field has a large square with chamfered points, of pulled thread work, outlined in small reciprocal lozenge forms. The four corners of the central panel each have a triangle of similar patterning. The central section of each side has a section, irregular in shape, of pulled thread work linking it with the central square. Around each of the sides a band of pulled thread work or satin lozenges against a pulled thread ground, edged with 2 narrow bands of pulled thread work as a zigzag. The cotton thread is Z-spun. The white silk is 2S. There are two selvedges.
