Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1830
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 129cm, Width: 92cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
609-1897
Record ID
609-1897
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1830
Notes
1800s, Persian; Whitework, inscription
Sample Text
Note paper label attached on the back near the Museum Number: printed with '9162 BB' and written in ink using Arabic numerals: '114050'. Embroidered with cream silk: five inscriptions which are a combination of poetical prayers and verses from the Qur'an. Badly worrn and now incomplete. (a) outer border: a poetic prayer in Persian and Qur'an Surat al-Ikhlas, 1 and 2. (b) middle border: an entreaty to the 14 religious figures known as Tavassul bi chahardah ma'sum. (c) inner border: poetic prayer to the 14 impeccables in Persian. (d) upper left and right hand corners: Prayer is ascension [to Heaven] for a pious man/believer. (e) upper centre: [?] (f) lower centre: Peace be upon Abraham.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave silk embroidered with silk in straight stitches; whitework. There is an outer edge of reciprocal diamond heads; a band of inscription; a band with a meandering stem of a serrated leaf and two types of flower; a wider band with an inscription within cartouches; the meander again; narrow band of inscriptions. The field is divided by a lobed arch patterned with a double meander, a round flower and a cluster of 3 leaves. The spandrels contain flowers on curving stems and an inscription embroidered on the diagonal. Towards the top of the arch is an octagonal panel with an inscription [for the Mohr tablet?]; below this is a bowl shape, also enclosing an inscription. At the base of the arch is a vase with lots of flowers which sweep down to fill the lower corners and curve up and around the bowl and octagonal panel. All the motifs are worked in outline only. The flowers include a central group of irises, rosebuds [towards the base of the vase] and daffodils. Not able to determine the twist of the silk used in the ground; cream coloured. Embroidery Thread: cream silk; floss [untwisted] Black ink underdrawing is visible.
