Author
Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1750
Publication Place
Iran (made) Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 67cm, Width: 66cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
215-1890
Record ID
215-1890
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1750
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of quatrefoil medallions and crosses on yellow ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1750-1775
Sample Text
Note ottoman tax stamp on the back of the embroidery.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and cross stitch. Yellow ground with a series of off-set quatrefoil shapes in blue with a faded pink lozenge centre or faded pink with a light blue lozenge centre in alternate rows. Each is framed by bifurcated bars in blue and formed by a small multi-coloured star form, so forming a broken lattice. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, faded pink, light pink, green, light blue, dark blue, blue, yellow, turquoise.
Üslup
Caucasian