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Woven silk

Title	Woven silk
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Place	Persia (made) Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 19cm, Width: 16.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.175-1978
Record ID	T.175-1978
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Woven silk, Persia, 1736-1749.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Brocaded silk
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk with gold ground, small-scale repeated design of a man, in blue tunic and red hat, perched in a tree, shooting arrows at a pair of lions who are attacking his horse. Compound tabby weave, brocaded. Warp proportion: 4 main ends of Z-twisted pink silk, 1 binding end of Z-twisted apricot silk. Wefts: gold and silver thread (lamÃ© twisted S on Z-twisted silk, yellow and white respectively), silk in green, yellow, blue, red, pink, lilac, brown and white.

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Woven silk

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Place Persia (made) Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 19cm, Width: 16.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.175-1978

Record ID T.175-1978

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Woven silk, Persia, 1736-1749.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Brocaded silk

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk with gold ground, small-scale repeated design of a man, in blue tunic and red hat, perched in a tree, shooting arrows at a pair of lions who are attacking his horse. Compound tabby weave, brocaded. Warp proportion: 4 main ends of Z-twisted pink silk, 1 binding end of Z-twisted apricot silk. Wefts: gold and silver thread (lamÃ© twisted S on Z-twisted silk, yellow and white respectively), silk in green, yellow, blue, red, pink, lilac, brown and white.