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Purse

Title	Purse
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Accessories Clothing Textiles Bags
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 10.5cm, Width: 8.5cm, Length: 4.375in, Width: 3.375in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.157-1966
Record ID	T.157-1966
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Purse of wool with twill interlining, Iran, 1800-1899
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool with twill interlining, lined with silk, applied with metal and silk braid, copper and silver strip
Fiziksel açıklama	Purse of wool with red woollen twill interlining. Purple and yellow shot silk plain weave lining. Yellow metal and black silk braid applied around the opening with a purple silk braid forming loops, and a magenta braid with two green silk and yellow metal thread tassels forming a drawstring. Small rectangular purse made from three pieces with vertical seams. The fabric is a red ground patterned wool with a shawl design of botehs in blue, green, orange, red, dark pink, pink, magenta and white. The pattern is incomplete but the botehs seem to be on parallel, undulating stems bearing smaller floral elements. The metal braid sewn around the opening is in three parts of silver-gilt strip close Z-wound on yellow silk, black silk with close S-wound silver-gilt strip on white thread forming basket-weave lozenges, and a repeat of the silver-gilt strip on silk. A single purple braid is sewn on the edge of the opening and forms loops at regular intervals through which two magenta braids run to function as drawstrings. There are two tassels of bright green floss silk, silver-gilt strip close S-wound on yellow silk, possibly copper strip used to form a decorative band, and silver strip around white silk interlaced into a roundel. Beneath the green silk is bright pink wool used to hold the different elements in place.

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Purse

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Accessories Clothing Textiles Bags

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 10.5cm, Width: 8.5cm, Length: 4.375in, Width: 3.375in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.157-1966

Record ID T.157-1966

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Purse of wool with twill interlining, Iran, 1800-1899

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool with twill interlining, lined with silk, applied with metal and silk braid, copper and silver strip

Fiziksel açıklama Purse of wool with red woollen twill interlining. Purple and yellow shot silk plain weave lining. Yellow metal and black silk braid applied around the opening with a purple silk braid forming loops, and a magenta braid with two green silk and yellow metal thread tassels forming a drawstring. Small rectangular purse made from three pieces with vertical seams. The fabric is a red ground patterned wool with a shawl design of botehs in blue, green, orange, red, dark pink, pink, magenta and white. The pattern is incomplete but the botehs seem to be on parallel, undulating stems bearing smaller floral elements. The metal braid sewn around the opening is in three parts of silver-gilt strip close Z-wound on yellow silk, black silk with close S-wound silver-gilt strip on white thread forming basket-weave lozenges, and a repeat of the silver-gilt strip on silk. A single purple braid is sewn on the edge of the opening and forms loops at regular intervals through which two magenta braids run to function as drawstrings. There are two tassels of bright green floss silk, silver-gilt strip close S-wound on yellow silk, possibly copper strip used to form a decorative band, and silver strip around white silk interlaced into a roundel. Beneath the green silk is bright pink wool used to hold the different elements in place.