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: 18cm, Width: 61cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.88-1922
Record ID
T.88-1922
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
Fragments of dress fabric with silk threads, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Dress fabric, silk satin. Displayed behind glass. Warp: dark blue, blue, red, yellow, green, purple and white silk. Weft: blue, yellow, black, pink silk. Selvedge: single cotton cord S-spun. Striped 8 shaft satin. The patterned stripes are separated by three narrow stripes: [1] red ground with dark trefoil sprig alternating with 3 blue edged flowers on a leafy stem; [2] blue ground with what seems to be a cartouche with a flower alternating with a pair of black motifs outlined in yellow; [3] mauve ground with pattern from [1]; [4] yellow ground with pattern from [1]; [5] red ground with what looks like an upward pointing bunch of grapes and the trefoil sprig; [6] blue ground with pattern from [5]; [7] as [3]; [8] pale ground with pattern from [5]; [9] red ground with pattern from [2]; [10] green ground with pattern from [5]; [11] mauve ground with pattern from [1]; [12] yellow ground with pattern from [2].
