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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: 30.5cm, Width: 29cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.232-1910
Record ID	T.232-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	A fragment of a dress fabric with silk and metal threads, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving.
Fiziksel açıklama	Dress fabric, woven silk and metal thread. Displayed behind glass. Warp: pink silk Weft: white, black, orange, blue, green silk; silver-gilt metal strip S-wound on a yellow silk core. Selvedge: 2 cotton cords. Small repeating pattern in bands linked by very fine black stems which form a series of offset vertical lozenges. The ground appears to be gold metal thread. There are three bands: [1] an 8-petalled rosette in pink and blue, next to a small pink rosette with blue centre and 4 serrated white leaves which is enclosed within a lozenge, next to a more pointed version of the first rosette which appears to be set within a circle of white leaves. [2] a small pink and blue rosette with 4 leaves inside a lozenge; a large pink rosette with blue centre and with tiny leaves springing from it, seemingly set within a circle of white leaves; a small blue rosette with pink centre and 4 leaves inside a lozenge. [3] a large blue star-like flower with pink centre, seemingly inside circle of leaves; small pink and blue star flower and 4 leaves inside lozenge; large pink rosette with blue centre inside circle of leaves.

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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: 30.5cm, Width: 29cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.232-1910

Record ID T.232-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes A fragment of a dress fabric with silk and metal threads, Iran, 19th century

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving.

Fiziksel açıklama Dress fabric, woven silk and metal thread. Displayed behind glass. Warp: pink silk Weft: white, black, orange, blue, green silk; silver-gilt metal strip S-wound on a yellow silk core. Selvedge: 2 cotton cords. Small repeating pattern in bands linked by very fine black stems which form a series of offset vertical lozenges. The ground appears to be gold metal thread. There are three bands: [1] an 8-petalled rosette in pink and blue, next to a small pink rosette with blue centre and 4 serrated white leaves which is enclosed within a lozenge, next to a more pointed version of the first rosette which appears to be set within a circle of white leaves. [2] a small pink and blue rosette with 4 leaves inside a lozenge; a large pink rosette with blue centre and with tiny leaves springing from it, seemingly set within a circle of white leaves; a small blue rosette with pink centre and 4 leaves inside a lozenge. [3] a large blue star-like flower with pink centre, seemingly inside circle of leaves; small pink and blue star flower and 4 leaves inside lozenge; large pink rosette with blue centre inside circle of leaves.