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: 44cm, Width: 29.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.231-1910
Record ID
T.231-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
A fragment of a dress fabric with silk and metal threads, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, metal thread, weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Description: Woven silk and metal thread. The ground is woven with metal thread [silver strip wound on a yellow silk core]. The warp is orange silk. The fabric is woven with blue, green and red silk with rows of large botehs, facing in alternate directions in alternate rows, infilled with small flower heads and surrounded by small, upright and diagonal botehs. There are the markings of a loom end along the upper edge of this fabric: plain band of orange silk and a register of flowers on a square grid.
