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Title	Cover
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: 74cm, Width: 58cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	806-1876
Record ID	806-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered and quilted, 1800s, Persian
Sample Text	Note small blue and white paper label stuck on the back in the lower left hand corner with '16' written in ink. on the back lower edge, written in ink 'ell' [?]
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, quilting, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in running, straight and chain stitches, padded and quilted, backed with roller printed cotton and faced with plain weave silk, with added motifs in couched metal plate. Dull brown ground with a border of outward facing floral sprigs with 3 red carnations per stem. The ground is worked with orange thread to form scale-like quilting. There is an inner and outer border with a green meander, green leaves and a red trefoil flower outlined in green. There is a lobed roundel in the centre formed by a green band. It contains a red circle with white central marking. This is enclosed within an 8-pointed green star which links 4 green and red trees and 4 small carnation sprigs. There are other small red flowers attached to the stem and also isolated sprigs with 3 red flowers. A quarter of the roundel is in each corner. The rest of the ground is decorated with scattered carnation sprigs which are upright in the lower half, and downward pointing in the upper half. The ground is quilted in a scale pattern. Three leaf-like motifs in the lower part are crudely worked with metal thread couched with green silk; there is also some metal thread at the top of the lowermost tree in the roundel. Threads: red, green and orange. Metal Thread: silver and gold metal strip [plate]. Backing: white ground with a small red flower and leaves; probably European. Facing: bias cut striped silk, dark red with yellow.

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Cover

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: 74cm, Width: 58cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 806-1876

Record ID 806-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered and quilted, 1800s, Persian

Sample Text Note small blue and white paper label stuck on the back in the lower left hand corner with '16' written in ink. on the back lower edge, written in ink 'ell' [?]

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, quilting, sewing.

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in running, straight and chain stitches, padded and quilted, backed with roller printed cotton and faced with plain weave silk, with added motifs in couched metal plate. Dull brown ground with a border of outward facing floral sprigs with 3 red carnations per stem. The ground is worked with orange thread to form scale-like quilting. There is an inner and outer border with a green meander, green leaves and a red trefoil flower outlined in green. There is a lobed roundel in the centre formed by a green band. It contains a red circle with white central marking. This is enclosed within an 8-pointed green star which links 4 green and red trees and 4 small carnation sprigs. There are other small red flowers attached to the stem and also isolated sprigs with 3 red flowers. A quarter of the roundel is in each corner. The rest of the ground is decorated with scattered carnation sprigs which are upright in the lower half, and downward pointing in the upper half. The ground is quilted in a scale pattern. Three leaf-like motifs in the lower part are crudely worked with metal thread couched with green silk; there is also some metal thread at the top of the lowermost tree in the roundel. Threads: red, green and orange. Metal Thread: silver and gold metal strip [plate]. Backing: white ground with a small red flower and leaves; probably European. Facing: bias cut striped silk, dark red with yellow.