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Prayer mat

Title	Prayer mat
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	Including fringe length: 116.5cm, Including fringe width: 78cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	21-1877
Record ID	21-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered & quilted, 1647, Persian
Sample Text	Note embroidered in the roundel: (subhana rabbi al a'la va be hamdeh), translated as 'Praise be to God in the Highest'.
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, printing, embroidering, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and couching, backed with block-printed cotton, faced with silk satin and edged with a silk fringe. Off-white ground. The broad outer border containing bright floral clusters frame the piece along the top and the sides. The mat is encased within narrow bands of meandering flowers and small leaves. The spandrels of the prayer arch are worked in a trellis grid containing small flower heads. This area is not quilted. The sinuous lower edge of which is marked by black and yellow couching straddling a sage green and pink line. The apex of the arch houses a roundel for the prayer stone, embroidered with the inscription: 'Praise be to God in the highest'. The field is filled with alternating rows of floral sprigs, all flower heads inclining to the left. The colours change from blues and pastels in the upper part to brighter pinks in the lower. The mat is edged with a green silk fringe. It is interlined and backed with plain weave yellow cotton printed with rows of floral sprays in red, blue, white and brown. Faced with bias cut blue satin. The backing is held to the mat by three rows of fine running stitches. Ink under-drawing is visible throughout.

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Prayer mat

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 Including fringe length: 116.5cm, Including fringe width: 78cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 21-1877

Record ID 21-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered & quilted, 1647, Persian

Sample Text Note embroidered in the roundel: (subhana rabbi al a'la va be hamdeh), translated as 'Praise be to God in the Highest'.

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, printing, embroidering, sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and couching, backed with block-printed cotton, faced with silk satin and edged with a silk fringe. Off-white ground. The broad outer border containing bright floral clusters frame the piece along the top and the sides. The mat is encased within narrow bands of meandering flowers and small leaves. The spandrels of the prayer arch are worked in a trellis grid containing small flower heads. This area is not quilted. The sinuous lower edge of which is marked by black and yellow couching straddling a sage green and pink line. The apex of the arch houses a roundel for the prayer stone, embroidered with the inscription: 'Praise be to God in the highest'. The field is filled with alternating rows of floral sprigs, all flower heads inclining to the left. The colours change from blues and pastels in the upper part to brighter pinks in the lower. The mat is edged with a green silk fringe. It is interlined and backed with plain weave yellow cotton printed with rows of floral sprays in red, blue, white and brown. Faced with bias cut blue satin. The backing is held to the mat by three rows of fine running stitches. Ink under-drawing is visible throughout.