Publication Place
Iran -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 102cm, Width: 68cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.84-1923
Record ID
T.84-1923
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Donated by Liuet.-Col. F. V. O. Beit.
Fiziksel açıklama
Warp: white wool; Z3S; 16 threads per inch (60 per dm). Weft: wool; Z2S; 10 colours - dark red, red, light red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, blue, pink, dark brown, white; 94 threads per inch (360 per dm). Side finish: left-hand side is cut. Right hand side has returned weft. End finish: lower end has one line of decorative stitching in red/light red, ending in a plait. Very tightly twisted warp loops are plaited horizontally but 2.5cm from the end of the weaving. Upper end is cut. Design: Field: red ground with one quarter of a central medallion with white ground and pendant. The medallion is outlined in green, blue, light red and contains multi-coloured blossoms, leaves and florets. There is a blue and red flower in pendant. Main field: the Herati sickle leaves are predominantly blue, outlined with dark blue and also with dark red, white, dark blue, pink and green. Between the pairs of leaves are bands of flowers, the bands alternatively pink and dark blue. The outer sickle leaves frame a light red diamond outlined in green with a central blossom. Main border: yellow ground with floral meander of dark brown stems and pink flowers. Inner and outer borders: dark blue ground with stylised flowers and leaves on a central stem. Alternating red and light red.
Üretim
Sehna
