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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	Length: 51cm, Width: 51cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1076-1900
Record ID	1076-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	brocaded, 1800-1860, Persian; Birds, flowers and butterflies
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk brocaded with silk and metal thread Displayed behind glass. Dark blue silk warp; dark blue silk ground weft. Brocading wefts: green, pink and orange silk and silver strip S-wound on a white silk core. Selvedge: one cord of plied white silk. Dark blue ground with an unpatterned area at the bottom and then rows of a repeated motif: a bird with a large crest sitting on a short branch with a flower near the base and buds on top. There is a butterfly by the buds. There are 2 small cloud-like motifs between the birds on their branches. The birds alternate direction in alternate rows.

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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 Length: 51cm, Width: 51cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1076-1900

Record ID 1076-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes brocaded, 1800-1860, Persian; Birds, flowers and butterflies

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing.

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk brocaded with silk and metal thread Displayed behind glass. Dark blue silk warp; dark blue silk ground weft. Brocading wefts: green, pink and orange silk and silver strip S-wound on a white silk core. Selvedge: one cord of plied white silk. Dark blue ground with an unpatterned area at the bottom and then rows of a repeated motif: a bird with a large crest sitting on a short branch with a flower near the base and buds on top. There is a butterfly by the buds. There are 2 small cloud-like motifs between the birds on their branches. The birds alternate direction in alternate rows.