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Dress fabric

Title	Dress fabric
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	Overall length: 26.5cm, Patterned textile length: 16cm, Overall width: 83cm, Patterned textile width: 10.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	82-1877
Record ID	82-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Middle East, Textile; silk, Iran
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, metal thread, cotton yarn, weaving, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk and metal thread, satin ground and twill binding. Foundation warp: dark blue silk, Z-twist Binding warp: dark blue silk, Z-twist Foundation weft: dark blue or possibly dark brown silk Pattern weft: yellow silk, Z-twist Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk core. There are eight pieces of patterned silk sewn together then backed with dark brown plain weave cotton fabric and bound on three sides with a fine striped red and yellow silk. The backing extends beyond the silk and is folded and sewn into place to create a deep band across the top. The backing and binding were probably added for display purposes rather than for functional ones, but the date this was done is uncertain. Dark blue ground with large botehs in offset rows, facing alternate directions in alternate rows. Each boteh is worked in yellow silk which may originally have been metal thread. Each boteh is packed with small floral and leafy motifs. In between the botehs are isolated motifs: a roundel of dots with a floral sprig, a lobed compartment with stylised blossoms and a sloping, elongated leaf with floral infill.

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Dress fabric

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 Overall length: 26.5cm, Patterned textile length: 16cm, Overall width: 83cm, Patterned textile width: 10.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 82-1877

Record ID 82-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Middle East, Textile; silk, Iran

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, metal thread, cotton yarn, weaving, sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk and metal thread, satin ground and twill binding. Foundation warp: dark blue silk, Z-twist Binding warp: dark blue silk, Z-twist Foundation weft: dark blue or possibly dark brown silk Pattern weft: yellow silk, Z-twist Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk core. There are eight pieces of patterned silk sewn together then backed with dark brown plain weave cotton fabric and bound on three sides with a fine striped red and yellow silk. The backing extends beyond the silk and is folded and sewn into place to create a deep band across the top. The backing and binding were probably added for display purposes rather than for functional ones, but the date this was done is uncertain. Dark blue ground with large botehs in offset rows, facing alternate directions in alternate rows. Each boteh is worked in yellow silk which may originally have been metal thread. Each boteh is packed with small floral and leafy motifs. In between the botehs are isolated motifs: a roundel of dots with a floral sprig, a lobed compartment with stylised blossoms and a sloping, elongated leaf with floral infill.