Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 63cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 46cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
42-1877
Record ID
42-1877
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Trouser panel or nakshe, silk-embroidered cotton fragment with design of diagonal stripes filled with minute flowers, Qajar Iran, 1800-1860
İlişki
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches. Directional design with the top of the pattern at the bottom of the panel, so that the wearer saw the correct pattern. Pieced: small section added in lower left hand side. There is a border along the bottom with a dark brown ground with pointed motifs with yellow outlines and pink or blue details. There is a narrow border along the lower part of each side with adjoining diamonds in blue or pink. These borders taper and have no definite upper edge. There is no definite outer edge in the upper half of this embroidered panel. The main pattern is a series of dark brown diagonal lines from lower right to upper left. There are two sizes of stripes: [1] narrow stripes: a green diamond with a yellow base with 3 yellow flowers and a pink diamond with a yellow base and pink infill. [2] wider stripe in two designs: [a] dark brown ground with vertical straight stem, large flower in red and pink and yellow and 4 blue buds and an arrangement of 7 white flowers around a central pink one. [b] dark brown ground with a green blossom with red, blue and yellow details facing to the lower left and a smaller and more pointed one and a group of 3 white flowers and a green blossom with red and pink details pointing to the lower right with 2 purple flowers and a group of 3 white ones. Threads: Silk, 2S: dark brown, red, dark red, blue, yellow, mauve, white, pink, orange, very light green, light blue, very light blue, dark pink.
