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Textile panel

Title	Textile panel
Author	Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 570mm, Width: 620mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	794-1899
Record ID	794-1899
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1700
Notes	Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, cut down from larger textile and mounted with border fringe, Safavid-style design of kneeling musician and standing woman within star medallion, against blue background with animals, possibly Azerbaijan or Iran, 1700-1750
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plainweave cotton embroidered with floss silk in surface darning on the diagonal and runing stitch, to create a twill effect Cotton Silk (Textile) Embroidery
Parçalar	Textile Panel, Cover
Fiziksel açıklama	Fringed and backed cover of loosely woven cotton embroidered silk. There is a large star-shaped medallion with a cypres tree in the centre. To the left of the tree is the kneeling figure of a man wearing a Safavid taj, playing a lute-like instrument. To the right is the slighly smaller figure of a man holding a bowl. A long-tailed blue bird is perched on the tree. The field of the faded pink medallion is filled with floral stems which begin at the base of the tree. The medallion is surrounded first by a narrow light blue border, and then by a broader border of pale green containing animals and scattered leaves including a leopard. A fringe was added in crimson, yellow, white and green. There are remains of an inked sketch/drawing underneath the embroidery. Colours: (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): coral pink [faded], white, yellow, mid-blue, light green, black [later largely lost]; (Backing): deep pink satin silk warp, beige weft.
Üretim	This embroidery belongs to Group 3 as defined by Jennifer Wearden, 'Azerbaijan Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts', Hali 59 (October 1991) pp. 102-111. Group 3 textiles are characterised by surface darning on the diagonal and date from the middle of the 18th century into the early part of the 19th century.
Üslup	Caucasian

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Textile panel

Author Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 570mm, Width: 620mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 794-1899

Record ID 794-1899

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1700

Notes Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, cut down from larger textile and mounted with border fringe, Safavid-style design of kneeling musician and standing woman within star medallion, against blue background with animals, possibly Azerbaijan or Iran, 1700-1750

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plainweave cotton embroidered with floss silk in surface darning on the diagonal and runing stitch, to create a twill effect Cotton Silk (Textile) Embroidery

Parçalar Textile Panel, Cover

Fiziksel açıklama Fringed and backed cover of loosely woven cotton embroidered silk. There is a large star-shaped medallion with a cypres tree in the centre. To the left of the tree is the kneeling figure of a man wearing a Safavid taj, playing a lute-like instrument. To the right is the slighly smaller figure of a man holding a bowl. A long-tailed blue bird is perched on the tree. The field of the faded pink medallion is filled with floral stems which begin at the base of the tree. The medallion is surrounded first by a narrow light blue border, and then by a broader border of pale green containing animals and scattered leaves including a leopard. A fringe was added in crimson, yellow, white and green. There are remains of an inked sketch/drawing underneath the embroidery. Colours: (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): coral pink [faded], white, yellow, mid-blue, light green, black [later largely lost]; (Backing): deep pink satin silk warp, beige weft.

Üretim This embroidery belongs to Group 3 as defined by Jennifer Wearden, 'Azerbaijan Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts', Hali 59 (October 1991) pp. 102-111. Group 3 textiles are characterised by surface darning on the diagonal and date from the middle of the 18th century into the early part of the 19th century.

Üslup Caucasian