Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Width: 17.3cm, Length: 12.3cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.21:5-1955
Record ID
T.21:5-1955
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Textile of silk velvet, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silk velvet and metal threads Silk (Textile)
Fiziksel açıklama
Textile of silk velvet. Foundation weave: 3/1 S twill weave by 1 and 2 wefts Warp: 2 warps: 1 foundation warp, 1 pile warp. Proportion: 2 foundation warps to 1 pile warp. Foundation warp: Material: cotton?, yellow/beige, S twist, doubled/tripled Thread count: Velvet Warp: Material: silk, fuchsia pink, S twist, paired Thread count/cm: 48 warps, 16 pile warps Weft: Proportion: 3 foundation wefts, 1 rod, 1 metal weft, 1 supporting weft. Foundation weft: Material: cotton?, yellow/beige, no twist, doubled. Thread count: 45 foundation wefts per cm Supplementary supporting wefts: Material: silk, Z twist, orange Thread count: 14 supporting wefts per cm Supplementary squeezing wefts: Material: silk, Z twist, orange Thread count: 14 squeezing wefts per cm Supplementary metal wefts: Continuous metal threads from selvedge to selvedge on every alternate weft. Bound by every 4th foundation warp in a twill binding weave, S direction. Material: metal strips Thread count:14 metal wefts per cm Selvedge: None Description: Cut, voided velvet, metal thread. Floral ogilval design.
