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Hanging, cover

Title	Hanging, 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: 127cm, Width: 87cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	25-1877
Record ID	25-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, printing, embroidering.
Fiziksel açıklama	Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches, backed with plain weave roller-printed cotton and edged with silk and metal thread trimming. The central medallion is embroidered in greens, pinks and mauves in a symmetrical knot with flowers and buds. The field is worked with alternating rows of small blue and pink upright flowering bushes. The inner corners each echo a quarter of the central medallion. A band of small flowering bushes with serrated foliage and flowers in different stages of development form the border in alternating light and dark palettes. This border is flanked by two narrow bands of scrolling foliage and delicate flower heads in pink and blue. The edges of these narrow bands delineated by couched lines of black and yellow silk. The intersection of the narrow border creates squares in the corners, worked with flowers. The braid of black silk thread is wound tightly into bundles by a metal thread [silver strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core]. One quarter of the braid along the lower edge is missing. The silk thread forms a tassle at the centre of the upper edge. The backing is pieced and printed with tiny white flower heads on a mauve ground [the mauve has faded to light brown in places].

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Hanging, 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: 127cm, Width: 87cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 25-1877

Record ID 25-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

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

Fiziksel açıklama Description: Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches, backed with plain weave roller-printed cotton and edged with silk and metal thread trimming. The central medallion is embroidered in greens, pinks and mauves in a symmetrical knot with flowers and buds. The field is worked with alternating rows of small blue and pink upright flowering bushes. The inner corners each echo a quarter of the central medallion. A band of small flowering bushes with serrated foliage and flowers in different stages of development form the border in alternating light and dark palettes. This border is flanked by two narrow bands of scrolling foliage and delicate flower heads in pink and blue. The edges of these narrow bands delineated by couched lines of black and yellow silk. The intersection of the narrow border creates squares in the corners, worked with flowers. The braid of black silk thread is wound tightly into bundles by a metal thread [silver strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core]. One quarter of the braid along the lower edge is missing. The silk thread forms a tassle at the centre of the upper edge. The backing is pieced and printed with tiny white flower heads on a mauve ground [the mauve has faded to light brown in places].