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Bordered silk panel

Title	Bordered silk panel
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: 87cm, Width: 49cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	732-1884
Record ID	732-1884
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	woven silk, 1600s, Persian; Flowers in lattice
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama	Two sections of woven silk twill. 3\1 ground with 1/3 binding with a woven silk and metal thread border and a binding of plain weave cotton. Displayed behind glass. Ground warp: Z-twisted white silk; binding Warp: Z-twisted light pink silk. GroundWeft: white silk; Pattern Weft: green and pink silk and gilt strip S-wound on yellow silk core. Selvedge: 2 silk cords. White ground divided into a diamond lattice by fine line made of green, pink and gold diagonal blocks. There is a pink rosette where the lines cross. In the centre of each diamond is a small roundel in gold with pink and green details. There is a weaving fault: with the blue section down the right hand side, in the 6th band of lozenges, both the central roundels and the rosettes are mis-shapen. The ground of each diamond is filled with fine gold blossoms, stems and leaves. There is an added border of bias cut woven silk and metal thread along the bottom and the right hand side; edged with black, probably cotton fabric. A section of fabric with an almost identical design on a blue ground has been sewn down the right hand side. The diamonds are slightly more condensed and the motif in the centre of each is circular. There is a border which has been pieced many times: bias cut gold-green ground with a fine black stem meander linking a blue and white flower and a pink blossom, each of which has a white serrated flower growing from a curving stem. All three components seem to have been attached to a green silk backing.

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Bordered silk panel

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: 87cm, Width: 49cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 732-1884

Record ID 732-1884

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes woven silk, 1600s, Persian; Flowers in lattice

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing.

Fiziksel açıklama Two sections of woven silk twill. 3\1 ground with 1/3 binding with a woven silk and metal thread border and a binding of plain weave cotton. Displayed behind glass. Ground warp: Z-twisted white silk; binding Warp: Z-twisted light pink silk. GroundWeft: white silk; Pattern Weft: green and pink silk and gilt strip S-wound on yellow silk core. Selvedge: 2 silk cords. White ground divided into a diamond lattice by fine line made of green, pink and gold diagonal blocks. There is a pink rosette where the lines cross. In the centre of each diamond is a small roundel in gold with pink and green details. There is a weaving fault: with the blue section down the right hand side, in the 6th band of lozenges, both the central roundels and the rosettes are mis-shapen. The ground of each diamond is filled with fine gold blossoms, stems and leaves. There is an added border of bias cut woven silk and metal thread along the bottom and the right hand side; edged with black, probably cotton fabric. A section of fabric with an almost identical design on a blue ground has been sewn down the right hand side. The diamonds are slightly more condensed and the motif in the centre of each is circular. There is a border which has been pieced many times: bias cut gold-green ground with a fine black stem meander linking a blue and white flower and a pink blossom, each of which has a white serrated flower growing from a curving stem. All three components seem to have been attached to a green silk backing.