Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 51cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 36cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
2362-1876
Record ID
2362-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework, cutwork.
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches, needleweaving, pulled thread work and cutwork; whitework. The central area in the form of a stepped mihrab niche has a small block of cut work and needlewoven decoration in each corner [in the form of small squares with an inner lozenge]. The niche, or arch, itself is outlined with a wide band of needleweaving [note the fact that needleweaving cannot be done on the diagonal], outlined with small triangles of straight stitch. From the apex a pendant rectangular form [mosque lamp?] repeating the decorative stitching. The whole is framed by a composite band of: [a] row of tiny triangles of straight stitch [b] a narrow band of needlewoven hexagons; [c] alternate rectangles of cutwork and needlwoven squares containing a lozenge infill and squares of straight stitch stepped lozenges; [d] as [b]; [e] as [a]. Cotton thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S
Üretim
Cutwork is not normally a technique used in Iranian embroidery and may have been introduced by Christian missionaries in their schoold for Christian children.
