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Lining

Title	Lining
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: 107cm, Width: 69.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	72-1891
Record ID	72-1891
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	printed cotton, 1800s, Persia; for a cover
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, weaving, resist printing, block printing, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama	resist printed, block printed, plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, with attached block printed plain weave, bias cut, plain weave cotton facing. This was obviously the backing for another, decorative textile. There is one selvedge. The main fabric has a white ground with isolated blue and red floral sprays in eight versions, four versions in one row and four versions in the alternate row. The facing is made from two different fabrics: [1] on three sides the cotton is decorated with a series of fine meandering stems carrying a profuse number of large and small flower heads and leaves in red, blue, green, yellow and purple, including sprays of very small flowers. [2] along the bottom the cotton is decorated with lozenges created by small red flowers overlaying a delicate black ogival lattice carrying flower heads in blue with red.

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Lining

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: 107cm, Width: 69.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 72-1891

Record ID 72-1891

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes printed cotton, 1800s, Persia; for a cover

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, weaving, resist printing, block printing, sewing.

Fiziksel açıklama resist printed, block printed, plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, with attached block printed plain weave, bias cut, plain weave cotton facing. This was obviously the backing for another, decorative textile. There is one selvedge. The main fabric has a white ground with isolated blue and red floral sprays in eight versions, four versions in one row and four versions in the alternate row. The facing is made from two different fabrics: [1] on three sides the cotton is decorated with a series of fine meandering stems carrying a profuse number of large and small flower heads and leaves in red, blue, green, yellow and purple, including sprays of very small flowers. [2] along the bottom the cotton is decorated with lozenges created by small red flowers overlaying a delicate black ogival lattice carrying flower heads in blue with red.