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Dress fabric

Title	Dress fabric
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1840
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 127cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 67cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	957-1889
Record ID	957-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1840
Notes	1800s, Persian; Flowers
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, metal thread, weaving.
Fiziksel açıklama	Description: Dress fabric of woven silk and metal thread; with weft floats on the back. Gold ground with rows of botehs facing the opposite direction in alternate rows. The metal thread is silver-strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core and is the foundation weft. The warp is orange silk. It is a loose sateen weave. Each boteh is plump with red roots, a dark outline, dark green leaves, a central white blossom and red and light blue flowers. At the top of the piece is a band of red silk which marks a loom end or piece end. There are places in which red silk has been used instead of orange in the weft.

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Dress fabric

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1840

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 127cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 67cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 957-1889

Record ID 957-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1840

Notes 1800s, Persian; Flowers

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, metal thread, weaving.

Fiziksel açıklama Description: Dress fabric of woven silk and metal thread; with weft floats on the back. Gold ground with rows of botehs facing the opposite direction in alternate rows. The metal thread is silver-strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core and is the foundation weft. The warp is orange silk. It is a loose sateen weave. Each boteh is plump with red roots, a dark outline, dark green leaves, a central white blossom and red and light blue flowers. At the top of the piece is a band of red silk which marks a loom end or piece end. There are places in which red silk has been used instead of orange in the weft.