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Dress fabric

Title	Dress fabric
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1860
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles Clothing
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 19cm, Width: 8cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.38-1976
Record ID	T.38-1976
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1860
Notes	Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of woven silk, Iran, 1860-1900
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk, bias cut, weft-faced twill. Blue ground with botehs formed by a central white cypress tree with dark blue floral stem infill and the outer bulk of the boteh formed by isolated flower heads and leaves in black outlined in red or white and a pair of green leaves at the base of the boteh. There are similar floral elements forming an infilling pattern. In this piece there is one almost complete boteh and three partial rows. There are long weft floats on the back and three sides have been turned under. Silks used: red Z-twist, blue S-twist, black S-twist, white S-twist, green Z-twist.

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Dress fabric

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1860

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles Clothing

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 19cm, Width: 8cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.38-1976

Record ID T.38-1976

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1860

Notes Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of woven silk, Iran, 1860-1900

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk, bias cut, weft-faced twill. Blue ground with botehs formed by a central white cypress tree with dark blue floral stem infill and the outer bulk of the boteh formed by isolated flower heads and leaves in black outlined in red or white and a pair of green leaves at the base of the boteh. There are similar floral elements forming an infilling pattern. In this piece there is one almost complete boteh and three partial rows. There are long weft floats on the back and three sides have been turned under. Silks used: red Z-twist, blue S-twist, black S-twist, white S-twist, green Z-twist.