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: 20cm, Width: 48.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1150-1905
Record ID
1150-1905
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
brocaded silk, 1800s, Persian
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, cotton yarn, metal thread, weaving, brocading
Fiziksel açıklama
Brocaded silk and cotton, plain weave with a marked weft rib. Lightweight fabric with a rose pink ground and a small repeating pattern in offset rows of a drooping umbrella-like flower-head in white with green leaves, all edged in black and all facing the same direction. Part of a selvedge. Evidence that bands or strips of fabric were at one time sewn onto this piece. Warp: rose pink silk Foundation weft: white cotton, Z-spun. Pattern weft: green silk, Z twist; black silk, Z twist; Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on a white silk core. See also: T.180-1909 for an example of the same fabric.
