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Woven silk fragment

Title	Woven silk fragment
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles Clothing
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 15cm, Width: 19cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.21:21-1955
Record ID	T.21:21-1955
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Dress fabric of brocaded silk with silk and metal threads, Iran, 1800-1860
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Brocaded silk with silk and metal threads
Fiziksel açıklama	Dress fabric of warp-faced plain weave silk brocaded with silk and metal thread with impressed lines. Blue ground patterned with offset rows of parrots perched on flowering bushes, with one large blossom, in predominantly green, orange and white silk and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core]. The birds face the opposite direction in alternate rows. The space between the motifs is marked by an impressed trellis of lozenges created by four parallel lines.

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Woven silk fragment

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles Clothing

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 15cm, Width: 19cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.21:21-1955

Record ID T.21:21-1955

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Dress fabric of brocaded silk with silk and metal threads, Iran, 1800-1860

Malzemeler ve teknikler Brocaded silk with silk and metal threads

Fiziksel açıklama Dress fabric of warp-faced plain weave silk brocaded with silk and metal thread with impressed lines. Blue ground patterned with offset rows of parrots perched on flowering bushes, with one large blossom, in predominantly green, orange and white silk and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core]. The birds face the opposite direction in alternate rows. The space between the motifs is marked by an impressed trellis of lozenges created by four parallel lines.