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: 85cm, Width: 47cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
781-1876
Record ID
781-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
1800s, Persian; Whitework
Sample Text
Note on the back top left hand edge is an ovoid paper label with the inked number '10'.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework, printing, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work; whitework; backed with block printed cotton Pieced. The central panel has four corner units, and so has a double mihrab/arch form of lozenges formed of straight stitch triangles placed within narrow pulled thread diagonal bands - all four edged with a row of reciprocal trefoils in straight stitch. At the junction of the top 2 corner units is a pendant rectangle using the same pattern [for the mohr tablet], followed by 2 rows of small straight stitch lozenges [for the rosary]. Then with a frame of touching 8-pointed stars/flowerheads, individual stylized motifs of stars, plants, long-legged birds and 2 human figures and an inverted water jog [ablutions completed, the empty jug is turned upside down], all in straight stitches. Below this is a tall plant motif decorated with more bird forms. This area is framed with a composite border, showing spacing inaccuracies top and bottom of the inner frame of the left hand pieced section - suggesting either the embroidery was worked in sections and the design wasn't matched correctly, or more than one person was involved. The border consists of: [a] a row of tiny lozenges in straight stitches [b] pulled thread work in a basket weave pattern [c] a row of lozenges [d] 4 rows of small lozenges in straight stitch on a pulled thread lattice [e] as [c] [f] a row of squares either side of a diagonal pulled thread section in basket weave pattern [g] as [c] [h] a row of fan-shaped leaves in straight stitch, pointing outwards. Cotton thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S Backing: white ground printed with a dense pattern of fine curving black stems bearing a variety of exotic blossoms and buds in red, purple and blue. There is inaccurate block registration along one side.
