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Bath wrap

Title	Bath wrap
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1920
Publication Place	Aleppo (made) -
Subject	Stripes
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 208cm, Width: 113.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.1-1991
Record ID	T.1-1991
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1920
Notes	Silk ikat wrap, possibly made in Aleppo, 1920s
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk ikat Silk (Textile) Ikat Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Silk ikat wrap for use in the hamam or bath-house. Warp patterned silk. Wide side borders of bolder ikat patterns between two blocks of solid stripes. The colours used are dark red, mid-red, light red, dark blue, mid-blue, yellow and white. There are double bands of white silk at intervals. Each band is made from 2 x 4 shoots of weft, 0.5 cms apart. The selvedges are plain red. The ends are trimmed with a simple bibila edging. There is about 0.5 cms of weaving and then 4 cms of loose warp threads between the warp and the bibila. In the border the ikat stripes are 0.3 cms wide using two and three colours. In the main part the narrowest stripe is 0.1 cms wide using two and three colours.

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Bath wrap

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1920

Publication Place Aleppo (made) -

Subject Stripes

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 208cm, Width: 113.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.1-1991

Record ID T.1-1991

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1920

Notes Silk ikat wrap, possibly made in Aleppo, 1920s

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk ikat Silk (Textile) Ikat Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Silk ikat wrap for use in the hamam or bath-house. Warp patterned silk. Wide side borders of bolder ikat patterns between two blocks of solid stripes. The colours used are dark red, mid-red, light red, dark blue, mid-blue, yellow and white. There are double bands of white silk at intervals. Each band is made from 2 x 4 shoots of weft, 0.5 cms apart. The selvedges are plain red. The ends are trimmed with a simple bibila edging. There is about 0.5 cms of weaving and then 4 cms of loose warp threads between the warp and the bibila. In the border the ikat stripes are 0.3 cms wide using two and three colours. In the main part the narrowest stripe is 0.1 cms wide using two and three colours.