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Prayer mat

Title	Prayer mat
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: 138cm, Width: 90.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	852-1876
Record ID	852-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered & quilted, 1800-1860, Persian
Sample Text	Translation Glory to my exalted Lord and praise belong to Him. Note [1] embroidered in silk in the roundel.Part of the daily prayer or salat. [2] ink letters on the facing in the lower right hand corner.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, resist and block printing, sewing, quilting
Fiziksel açıklama	Silk and cotton satin embroidered with silk in stem, running and straight stitches, quilted, backed with resist and block printed cotton and faced with silk and cotton twill. Blue satin ground with narrow outer border with a green double meander, circular red carnations, orange and red spiky flowers and small yellow flowers. This is repeated on 3 sides of the central panel and in between is a wider band on 3 sides containing a fine green meandering stem, larger orange carnations outlined in red with yellow and blue centres, bracketed by a pair of serrated leaves and alternating with a small 3-part flower outlined in golden brown which was originally a shade of red [the light yellow in the same motif seems to have originally been an orange]. The ground of this border was quilted with cream silk to form irregular scale-like patterns around the embroidery. The central panel is divided into a lobed arch by lines of green, pink and [now] pale orange. The outer lines form a serrated edge around the upper part of the arch and are linked to the other lines by a circle at either side. The field of the arch contains rows of two types of floral sprig: a red petalled flower with a sweeping stem of leaves on the right and a small yellow sprig. In the lower part of the arch these are in off-set rows, but in the upper part the spacing becomes irregular suggesting that each motif was printed separately. There is a roundel within the top of the arch; it has a red embroidered ground and an inscription in dark green. The spandrels are divided into a diamond grid by small faded orange and green leaves and green circles. Each compartment contains a 3-petalled red and faded orange flower on a short curing stem. Embroidery Thread: red, orange, yellow, blue, cream, green and pink silk; 2S Backing: pieced; pink plain weave cotton printed with off set rows of a small white blossom with black outlines and brown and yellow details; it has 2 brown buds and 2 green leaves. Facing: bias-cut, pink silk and cotton twill.

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Prayer mat

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: 138cm, Width: 90.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 852-1876

Record ID 852-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered & quilted, 1800-1860, Persian

Sample Text Translation Glory to my exalted Lord and praise belong to Him. Note [1] embroidered in silk in the roundel.Part of the daily prayer or salat. [2] ink letters on the facing in the lower right hand corner.

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, resist and block printing, sewing, quilting

Fiziksel açıklama Silk and cotton satin embroidered with silk in stem, running and straight stitches, quilted, backed with resist and block printed cotton and faced with silk and cotton twill. Blue satin ground with narrow outer border with a green double meander, circular red carnations, orange and red spiky flowers and small yellow flowers. This is repeated on 3 sides of the central panel and in between is a wider band on 3 sides containing a fine green meandering stem, larger orange carnations outlined in red with yellow and blue centres, bracketed by a pair of serrated leaves and alternating with a small 3-part flower outlined in golden brown which was originally a shade of red [the light yellow in the same motif seems to have originally been an orange]. The ground of this border was quilted with cream silk to form irregular scale-like patterns around the embroidery. The central panel is divided into a lobed arch by lines of green, pink and [now] pale orange. The outer lines form a serrated edge around the upper part of the arch and are linked to the other lines by a circle at either side. The field of the arch contains rows of two types of floral sprig: a red petalled flower with a sweeping stem of leaves on the right and a small yellow sprig. In the lower part of the arch these are in off-set rows, but in the upper part the spacing becomes irregular suggesting that each motif was printed separately. There is a roundel within the top of the arch; it has a red embroidered ground and an inscription in dark green. The spandrels are divided into a diamond grid by small faded orange and green leaves and green circles. Each compartment contains a 3-petalled red and faded orange flower on a short curing stem. Embroidery Thread: red, orange, yellow, blue, cream, green and pink silk; 2S Backing: pieced; pink plain weave cotton printed with off set rows of a small white blossom with black outlines and brown and yellow details; it has 2 brown buds and 2 green leaves. Facing: bias-cut, pink silk and cotton twill.