Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1830
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 66.5cm, Width: 48cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
44-1877
Record ID
44-1877
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1830
Notes
F, embroidered, 1830-1860, Persian
İlişki
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, woollen yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with wool, silk and cotton in straight stitches. There is a lower border with diagonal bands running from lower right to upper left each in a single colour with a small diaper pattern on the white cotton ground: red, yellow, dark blue wool. The upper edge of this border is irregular. The pattern is a series of dark brown diagonal lines from lower right to upper left. There are two sizes of stripes: [1] narrow stripes: yellow ground with square shaped pink buds with green leaves outlined in dark brown. [2] wider stripe in two designs: [a] white ground with Z-motifs in dark blue on a pink oval [b] white ground with closely packed Y- and Z-motifs outlined in pink, brown and dark blue. The Y-motifs might be stylized floral sprigs. Threads: Wool: dark blue, red, yellow, dark brown; Z-spun. Silk: pink, orange, light green, yellow, dark red, dark blue, light blue; 2S. cotton: white; Z3S
