Author
Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1770
Publication Place
Iran (made) Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 86cm, Width: 83.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1022-1898
Record ID
1022-1898
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1770
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of octagons and diamonds on cream ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1775-1800
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning and surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch,. Off-white ground covered with a regularly repeating pattern of red ground octagons, blue ground octagons and yellow diamonds arranged in a grid to form diagonal lines of the same motif. Between adjacent motifs are blue lozenges containing a yellow S-motif. The border has a blue ground with two alternating motifs: a yellow lozenge with an S-motif and a smaller horizontal lozenge inside and a white star with 2 red and 2 white curved 'arms' forming a circle. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; blue, light blue, yellow, green, red, greenish-brown, light blue-green, off-white, black [outlines]. A facing of beige silk has been added during conservation. .
Üslup
Caucasian
