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Title	Cover
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Iran (made) India (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 82cm, Width: 85.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	63-1877
Record ID	63-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian or Indian
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing, printing.
Fiziksel açıklama	Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with floss silk in straight stitches and with couched metal thread, padded and quilted, backed with woven silk and with an applied silk fringe., This has been cut from a larger cover or hanging, part of the side borders remains as does an embroidered silk and metal thread band down the sides and along the bottom. The entire ground is quilted in a diaper pattern finely worked with white thread. The piece is dominated by large-scale, branching fan-shaped flowers with serrated leaves. The stems and outlines are in couched metal thread. The motifs are in 3 off-set rows, the central row contains 2 motifs flanked by 2 smaller-scale buds in similar style. Yellow, green and pinks predominate. Backing: pieced; two different colours of woven silk with the larger bits combining yellow and red. Fringe: green silk. There is a plain weave inter-lining through which the embroidery has been worked and evidence of a layer of printed cotton beneath the backing. Metal Thread: silver strip close s-wound on white silk.

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Cover

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Iran (made) India (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 82cm, Width: 85.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 63-1877

Record ID 63-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian or Indian

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

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

Fiziksel açıklama Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with floss silk in straight stitches and with couched metal thread, padded and quilted, backed with woven silk and with an applied silk fringe., This has been cut from a larger cover or hanging, part of the side borders remains as does an embroidered silk and metal thread band down the sides and along the bottom. The entire ground is quilted in a diaper pattern finely worked with white thread. The piece is dominated by large-scale, branching fan-shaped flowers with serrated leaves. The stems and outlines are in couched metal thread. The motifs are in 3 off-set rows, the central row contains 2 motifs flanked by 2 smaller-scale buds in similar style. Yellow, green and pinks predominate. Backing: pieced; two different colours of woven silk with the larger bits combining yellow and red. Fringe: green silk. There is a plain weave inter-lining through which the embroidery has been worked and evidence of a layer of printed cotton beneath the backing. Metal Thread: silver strip close s-wound on white silk.