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: 76cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 55cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
648-1904
Record ID
648-1904
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Sample Text
Note within a rhomboid shape, a stamped ink Farsi inscription on the back of the facing on the side opposite the Museum Number.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton thread, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches with pulled thread work; whitework; faced with woven silk. This may have been cut from a larger piece. There are two identical decorative zones composed of: [1] a wide band of embroidered and stylized plant and leaf forms either side of a lateral axis; [2] a narrow band of pulled thread work in small hexagonal forms either side of a row of decorative small lozenges; [c] a deep band containing 2 large open net lozenges outlined with a zigzag of straight stitches, and infills either side of small squares of 4 lozenges. Facing: Both ends are faced with bias cut white moiré silk decorated with 2 narrow pink and green stripes alternating with a thicker composite stripe of yellow, green, white, pink and black. Cotton thread: not possible to see spin and twist Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S
