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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	Excluding fringe length: 106.5cm, Including fringe length: 114.5cm, Excluding fringe width: 85.5cm, Including fringe width: 93.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	29-1877
Record ID	29-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered and quilted, 1800s, Persian
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, printing, quilting, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and running stitch, padded and quilted, backed with plain weave block printed cotton with an added silk fringe. White ground. The inner and outer borders contain a green leafy meander with a red trefoil flower. The main border has isolated inward facing floral sprigs with a red triangular base and 2 red buds and a large red carnation. There is a pair of small floral sprigs, one above the other, between the large ones. This border has a quilted ground with a scale pattern. The quilting is worked with white silk except in the lower right hand corner where it is a yellow-green. In the centre is a lobed medallion formed by a green band with red dots; there is a red and green rosette in the centre. A green 8-pointed star encircles this and links 4 large red blossoms in profile at the diagonals and 4, unattached, round red blossoms at the cardinal points. A pair of green serrated leaves and a red trefoil emerges from the top of every blossom. On the outer edge of the lobed medallion there is a small red tree at every angle and there are four red birds around the medallion. A quarter of this design is in each corner. The ground if filled with small sprigs with upright stems and 3 red flowers; these sprigs point towards the central horizontal axis. The ground is quilted with the scale pattern. Some underdrawing is visible. Backing: pieced down left hand side. White ground divided into diamond lattice by straight stems bearing small flowers. Each lozenge contains one of about 6 different floral sprays, each with three flowers. There is a single flower within an ogee of leaves at each angle of the lozenge. The colours are red, purple, green, light blue and yellow. Fringe: looped green silk from a woven heading.

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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 Excluding fringe length: 106.5cm, Including fringe length: 114.5cm, Excluding fringe width: 85.5cm, Including fringe width: 93.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 29-1877

Record ID 29-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered and quilted, 1800s, Persian

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

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

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and running stitch, padded and quilted, backed with plain weave block printed cotton with an added silk fringe. White ground. The inner and outer borders contain a green leafy meander with a red trefoil flower. The main border has isolated inward facing floral sprigs with a red triangular base and 2 red buds and a large red carnation. There is a pair of small floral sprigs, one above the other, between the large ones. This border has a quilted ground with a scale pattern. The quilting is worked with white silk except in the lower right hand corner where it is a yellow-green. In the centre is a lobed medallion formed by a green band with red dots; there is a red and green rosette in the centre. A green 8-pointed star encircles this and links 4 large red blossoms in profile at the diagonals and 4, unattached, round red blossoms at the cardinal points. A pair of green serrated leaves and a red trefoil emerges from the top of every blossom. On the outer edge of the lobed medallion there is a small red tree at every angle and there are four red birds around the medallion. A quarter of this design is in each corner. The ground if filled with small sprigs with upright stems and 3 red flowers; these sprigs point towards the central horizontal axis. The ground is quilted with the scale pattern. Some underdrawing is visible. Backing: pieced down left hand side. White ground divided into diamond lattice by straight stems bearing small flowers. Each lozenge contains one of about 6 different floral sprays, each with three flowers. There is a single flower within an ogee of leaves at each angle of the lozenge. The colours are red, purple, green, light blue and yellow. Fringe: looped green silk from a woven heading.