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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	Length: 119cm, Width: 79.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2347-1876
Record ID	2347-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Sample Text	Note on the back written in brown ink: various letters including 'ej', 'ei' and 'in'.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework, printing, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama	Plain weave cotton, machine-woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work; whitework; interlined with block printed cotton, backed with plain weave glazed cotton and faced with plain weave cotton. The central area is left largely undecorated except for the four corners which each have a slender stylized cypress tree motif in pulled thread work, pointing inwards. Around the wide framing border small boteh motifs, along the longitudinal sides pointing right and along the lateral sides to the left, alternate with small stylized plants, both in pulled thread and straight stitches. The border itself is composite, with a row of small reciprocal trefoils then small lozenges in straight stitches, pulled thread zigzags, lozenges and then 2 rows of squares formed of stepped triangles in straight stitch, with repeats of the previous rows. Cotton thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S. Interlining: white ground with a dense arabesque of fine black stems bearing various small exotic blossoms in red, green and yellow and possibly blue. Backing: white glazed cotton, undecorated. Facing: bias cut, probably originally glazed, white undecorated cotton sewn along the outer edge to form small scallops.

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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 Length: 119cm, Width: 79.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2347-1876

Record ID 2347-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework

Sample Text Note on the back written in brown ink: various letters including 'ej', 'ei' and 'in'.

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

Fiziksel açıklama Plain weave cotton, machine-woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work; whitework; interlined with block printed cotton, backed with plain weave glazed cotton and faced with plain weave cotton. The central area is left largely undecorated except for the four corners which each have a slender stylized cypress tree motif in pulled thread work, pointing inwards. Around the wide framing border small boteh motifs, along the longitudinal sides pointing right and along the lateral sides to the left, alternate with small stylized plants, both in pulled thread and straight stitches. The border itself is composite, with a row of small reciprocal trefoils then small lozenges in straight stitches, pulled thread zigzags, lozenges and then 2 rows of squares formed of stepped triangles in straight stitch, with repeats of the previous rows. Cotton thread: Z-spun Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S. Interlining: white ground with a dense arabesque of fine black stems bearing various small exotic blossoms in red, green and yellow and possibly blue. Backing: white glazed cotton, undecorated. Facing: bias cut, probably originally glazed, white undecorated cotton sewn along the outer edge to form small scallops.