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: 67cm, Width: 88cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
CIRC.407-1911
Record ID
CIRC.407-1911
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
A cover, embroidered and quilted, Iran, 19th century
Sample Text
Note circular paper label stuck onto the facing, with faint letters in pencil.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, printing, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight and chain stitches, backed with roller-printed cotton and faced with plain weave cotton. There are three narrow inner and outer borders in which a green meandering stem joins a green leaf and a pink 3-petalled flower. The ground is undyed cotton. The main border contains inward facing floral sprigs: a vertical stem with 3 pink flowers alternating with two small sprigs, one above the other. In the centre of the cover is a horizontal, thin medallion pointed at either end. It is bordered with a band of green and light green chevrons and contains a central red and light brown rosette, 2 fan-shaped carnations, 2 large irises in pale, faded colours and 2 smaller ones in red and light brown. The rest of the ground is filled with a floral motif which is repeated in offset bands: an S-shaped green stem with either 3 pink or 3 red flowers in one row and pink or yellow in the other, although there is a little variation. In the lower half of the cover, the flowers face to the right and in the upper half they are upside down and face to the left. Backing: pieced; white ground cotton printed with wavy parallel lines of brown branches with flowers in shades of light red and blue. Facing: bias cut brown cotton. There is an interlining of white plain weave cotton through which the embroidery has been worked.
Üretim
Backing is European
