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: 85cm, Width: 60.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
809-1876
Record ID
809-1876
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian
Sample Text
Glory be to my Exalted Lord and praise belong to Him. Note Embroidered inscription from the daily prayer.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, printing, embroidering, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton, seamed along the lower edge, embroidered with silk in straight and chain stitches, backed with plain weave roller-printed cotton and faced with bias cut plain weave cotton. The unbleached cotton field is printed or marked with highly visible brown lines [under drawing]. The arched field is embroidered with pink flowers on a ground of quilted scales in white. The area beneath the point of the arch has parrots around the prayer-stone roundel. The spandrels are covered with a dense ogival lattice in green with pink buds. The border is worked with pink floral sprays on a green stem against the quilted scales of the ground. The border is flanked by two narrow bands of meandering foliage with pink buds, with a single band along the bottom edge. Backing: cotton printed in orange and green with flower-filled botehs within interlinked foliate hexagons against a dark blue ground. Facing: dark blue cotton, bias cut, possibly added later.
