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: 107cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 50.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
968-1889
Record ID
968-1889
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work; whitework. Raw edges along the top and bottom. There is a band of needleweaving on all four sides and then a series of bands running across the textile. From the bottom: [1] band with three rows of a rigid floral sprig in straight stitches, all facing to the right. [2] reciprocal diamonds, needleweaving, band of offset lozenges in which the half lozenges are made of 4 small triangles, the large lozenge is made of 2 triangles, one above the other, and this alternates with a large lozenge decorated with pulled thread work and needleweaving. [3] Broad band with 2 hexagons, side by side, worked into an open mesh of holes in which alternate ones have a small inserted diamond. The rest of the ground is embroidered with straight stitches forming triangles and lozenges. [4] as [2] [5] Five offset rows of embroidered 4-pointed stars forming a diamond lattice [6] as [2] [7] as [3] [8] as [2] [9] as [5] [10] as [2] [11] as [3] [12] as [2] [13] as [5] [14] as [2] [15] as [3] [16] as [2] [17] as [1] Cotton Thread: white, Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S
