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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: 64cm, Width: 67cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	128-1901
Record ID	128-1901
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework, inscription
Sample Text	There are two ghaza from S'adi, the Iranian poet. Note cloth label sewn to one corner with inked letters. Embroidered with silk as a major part of the design: see Ghazaliyat-i S'adi edited by Habib Allah Yaghmai' (Tehran, 1361/1982 pp. 342-43 and p. 634.)
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, , weaving, embroidering, whitework, printing, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches; whitework; backed with plain weave cotton and faced with printed cotton. The Museum Number is in the top left hand corner. Pieced: it seems to have been made from a series of bands which have been sewn together to form a central panel and borders. Each band has a composite border: [a] reciprocal diamond heads [b] a line of diamonds containing either a star or a lozenge [c] a wider line with an embroidered inscription [d] as [b] [e] a line of small stepped lozenges [f] a wider band with isolated, rigid, elongated botehs. There are four of these bands in the central panel. A similar bands for each side of the border. In each corner is a small inward pointing embroidered cypress tree. Some of the sections of the border are back-to-front. Cotton thread: not able to determine twist. Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S Backing: pieced; undecorated white cotton. Facing: bias cut; printed ikat pattern in yellow, red, green, dark brown and white.

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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: 64cm, Width: 67cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 128-1901

Record ID 128-1901

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework, inscription

Sample Text There are two ghaza from S'adi, the Iranian poet. Note cloth label sewn to one corner with inked letters. Embroidered with silk as a major part of the design: see Ghazaliyat-i S'adi edited by Habib Allah Yaghmai' (Tehran, 1361/1982 pp. 342-43 and p. 634.)

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

Fiziksel açıklama Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches; whitework; backed with plain weave cotton and faced with printed cotton. The Museum Number is in the top left hand corner. Pieced: it seems to have been made from a series of bands which have been sewn together to form a central panel and borders. Each band has a composite border: [a] reciprocal diamond heads [b] a line of diamonds containing either a star or a lozenge [c] a wider line with an embroidered inscription [d] as [b] [e] a line of small stepped lozenges [f] a wider band with isolated, rigid, elongated botehs. There are four of these bands in the central panel. A similar bands for each side of the border. In each corner is a small inward pointing embroidered cypress tree. Some of the sections of the border are back-to-front. Cotton thread: not able to determine twist. Embroidery Thread: white silk; 2S Backing: pieced; undecorated white cotton. Facing: bias cut; printed ikat pattern in yellow, red, green, dark brown and white.