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Title	Cover
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: 107cm, Width: 63cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	56-1877
Record ID	56-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered, 1800s, Persian
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, silk satin couched with metal thread and with coloured silk in satin stitch, faced with woven silk and backed with woven silk. For similar pattern lay-out and colour scheme see 61-1877. Central rectangular panel divided into three stripes: the wide central one has an off-white ground with a 'gold' central roundel containing a pink rosette in the middle and 8 straight stems radiating from it, each ending in either a blue carnation or a silver and pink flower head. Above and below this is a large inward facing carnation in 'gold' and pink with a pair of 'gold' blossoms and silver buds and leaves curving around the central roundel. To either side of the central stripe is a narrower red ground stripe with a meander linking 5 large blossoms: three 'gold' round blossoms with silver buds and leaves separated by 2 'gold' carnations, all with blue details. The under-drawing can be clearly seen in places. The red satin ground has a red warp and light pink weft. The off-white stripe is delineated by black silk and silver thread. The pattern changes for 1 cm along a narrow edge [opposite end the Museum Number] where the embroiderer has worked a triangle instead of a small basket-weave motif. A much wider and more loosely worked combination of black silk and couched silver thread separates the various elements of the border. Across the top and the bottom is a deep band of beige satin with one row of three 'gold' ogees linked with a circle of spiralling 'gold' thread. Each ogival compartment contains a silver and pink roundel worked to give the impression of a strong circular or spiralling motion plus 6 small circular 'gold' spirals. The same motifs appear in the off-set spaces. Down either side is a smaller version of this design with the ogees containing a solitary silver and pink leaf form. Embroidery thread: black, blue, light blue, 2 shades of pink, green; all 2S silk. Metal thread: silver strip close & open S-wound on white S-twist silk Silver-gilt strip close and open S-wound on cream Z-twist silk Facing: bias cut wove silk. Three stripes: green and white and purple and white, each with a line of diamonds and edged with yellow and black or yellow and purple blocks and white stripes with a white chevron pattern. Backing: pieced; woven silk chevron pattern in dark blue [warp] and light green [weft].

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Cover

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: 107cm, Width: 63cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 56-1877

Record ID 56-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered, 1800s, Persian

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, silk satin couched with metal thread and with coloured silk in satin stitch, faced with woven silk and backed with woven silk. For similar pattern lay-out and colour scheme see 61-1877. Central rectangular panel divided into three stripes: the wide central one has an off-white ground with a 'gold' central roundel containing a pink rosette in the middle and 8 straight stems radiating from it, each ending in either a blue carnation or a silver and pink flower head. Above and below this is a large inward facing carnation in 'gold' and pink with a pair of 'gold' blossoms and silver buds and leaves curving around the central roundel. To either side of the central stripe is a narrower red ground stripe with a meander linking 5 large blossoms: three 'gold' round blossoms with silver buds and leaves separated by 2 'gold' carnations, all with blue details. The under-drawing can be clearly seen in places. The red satin ground has a red warp and light pink weft. The off-white stripe is delineated by black silk and silver thread. The pattern changes for 1 cm along a narrow edge [opposite end the Museum Number] where the embroiderer has worked a triangle instead of a small basket-weave motif. A much wider and more loosely worked combination of black silk and couched silver thread separates the various elements of the border. Across the top and the bottom is a deep band of beige satin with one row of three 'gold' ogees linked with a circle of spiralling 'gold' thread. Each ogival compartment contains a silver and pink roundel worked to give the impression of a strong circular or spiralling motion plus 6 small circular 'gold' spirals. The same motifs appear in the off-set spaces. Down either side is a smaller version of this design with the ogees containing a solitary silver and pink leaf form. Embroidery thread: black, blue, light blue, 2 shades of pink, green; all 2S silk. Metal thread: silver strip close & open S-wound on white S-twist silk Silver-gilt strip close and open S-wound on cream Z-twist silk Facing: bias cut wove silk. Three stripes: green and white and purple and white, each with a line of diamonds and edged with yellow and black or yellow and purple blocks and white stripes with a white chevron pattern. Backing: pieced; woven silk chevron pattern in dark blue [warp] and light green [weft].