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Title	Cap
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Hats & Headwear Embroidery
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 7cm, Circumference: 54cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.255-1929
Record ID	T.255-1929
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	White silk embroidery on linen; Persia; 19th century.
Sample Text	Note a card tag with ink inscription reading 'Persian [Resht] 139a Cap. All done with needle. Mrs. Lewis Day.'
Malzemeler ve teknikler	White silk embroidery on cotton with wool trim Silk Thread Cotton (Textile) Wool (Textile) Embroidered Sewing Weaving Whitework
Fiziksel açıklama	Skull cap, plain weave cotton embroidered in silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work,, lined with plain weave cotton and trimmed with woven wool; whitework. There is a wide band sewn onto a small roundel which forms the crown. The roundel is embroidered with a small central lozenge with 8 radiating bands, all in straight stitches and pulled thread work. On to this is gathered the wide band, totally covered with embroidery in a series of circular bands of zigzags, large and small, chevrons and lozenges employing pulled thread work usually as the background or infill, and straight stitches forming the actual geometric motifs. The edge is occasionally caught to form a small scallop on the bias cut woollen binding. This has a white ground and an [incomplete] large boteh pattern in two shades of blue, two shades of red, yellow and green. Lining: white cotton, bias-cut, gathered into a very small crown roundel of the same fabric.

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Cap

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Hats & Headwear Embroidery

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 7cm, Circumference: 54cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.255-1929

Record ID T.255-1929

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes White silk embroidery on linen; Persia; 19th century.

Sample Text Note a card tag with ink inscription reading 'Persian [Resht] 139a Cap. All done with needle. Mrs. Lewis Day.'

Malzemeler ve teknikler White silk embroidery on cotton with wool trim Silk Thread Cotton (Textile) Wool (Textile) Embroidered Sewing Weaving Whitework

Fiziksel açıklama Skull cap, plain weave cotton embroidered in silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work,, lined with plain weave cotton and trimmed with woven wool; whitework. There is a wide band sewn onto a small roundel which forms the crown. The roundel is embroidered with a small central lozenge with 8 radiating bands, all in straight stitches and pulled thread work. On to this is gathered the wide band, totally covered with embroidery in a series of circular bands of zigzags, large and small, chevrons and lozenges employing pulled thread work usually as the background or infill, and straight stitches forming the actual geometric motifs. The edge is occasionally caught to form a small scallop on the bias cut woollen binding. This has a white ground and an [incomplete] large boteh pattern in two shades of blue, two shades of red, yellow and green. Lining: white cotton, bias-cut, gathered into a very small crown roundel of the same fabric.