Author
Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1750
Publication Place
Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Embroidery Hats & Headwear
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 535mm, Width: 525mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.184-1929
Record ID
T.184-1929
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1750
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of star-medallions and cartouches, border has Persian dedication inscription dated 1208H (1793) linked with the shrine of Imam Husayn in Kerbala (Iraq), Azerbaijan or NW Iran, possibly 1750-1790
Sample Text
Translation This Head Kerchief has been dedicated to the Master of the Martyrs Imam Husain by the daughter of Hajji Zaki Yazdi to be used for all purposes in the days of mourning [Moharram] and to be returned to its owner. May the transgressor be cursed by God. Written in the month of Ramazan in the year 1208 AH. Note Embroidered on the orange silk backing using white thread.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silk embroidery on cotton Silk Thread Cotton (Textile) Embroidered Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and backed with orange silk. The ground is white with vertical rows of red 8-pointed stars alternating with a smaller light blue diamond and the same red star alternating with a yellow diamond. Light blue diagonally placed pointed cartouches containing S- or Z-motifs link the red stars. Both cartouches and stars contain a whirligig of four leaves. There is a border with a light blue ground with a fine black line linking a diagonally placed rectangle and curved leaves. The outlines are worked in blocks in black running stitch. Colours (Embroidery thread, 2S silk): white, black, dark red, yellow, light blue, blue, red.
Üslup
Caucasian
