Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Flowers Birds Urns
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 52.5cm, Width: 37.5cm, Length: 21.75in, Length: 14.75in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.157-1987
Record ID
T.157-1987
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Woven silk cover, made in Iran, 1800-1870
Sample Text
Note In ink on the facing: 'souri' and some coded numbering.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silk bordered with silk and metal thread, backed with printed cotton and faced with woven silk Silk (Textile) Silk Thread Metal Thread Cotton Printed
Fiziksel açıklama
Woven silk cover bordered with woven silk and metal thread, backed with printed cotton and faced with woven silk. The ground is made from four horizontal bands joined together. The ground is dark pink satin woven with blue, white and yellow silk in tightly packed rows of small irises and carnation clusters. The line of yellow and discoloured beige at the top indicates a probably loom end. The narrow joined border of orange plain weave silk woven with green and yellow silk and metal thread [silver strip open s-wound on a silk core] has radiating, free-standing flowers. Backing: pieced; cotton printed with a design of botehs, flower urns, birds and butterflies in blue and brown, peach and green. Facing: bias cut striped satin; varying widths in green, puce, black, blue and yellow.
