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: 68cm, Width: 69cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
57-1877
Record ID
57-1877
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
embroidered, 1800s, Persian
İlişki
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, cotton yarn, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Woven silk and cotton satin [silk warp, cotton weft] embroidered with couched metal thread and silk in straight stitches faced with plain weave silk and backed with resist-dyed, block printed plain weave cotton. .Green satin covered with diagonal lines of circles running from bottom right to top left. Rows of alternately silver and gold. Each circle is composed of spiralling couched thread with the stitches forming spiralling spokes coming from the centre in a clockwise pattern. Where the thread has worn away it is possible to see a printed outline of a circle. The lines are not evenly spaced - they are closer at the sides and more spaced in the centre. The border is delineated with two bands of black silk couched with silver thread forming alternating blocks. The border pattern is a meander with 'gold' rosettes and blue irises. Embroidery Threads: 2S-plied silk: blue, light blue, light pink, light green. Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close S-wound around a yellow silk core and also around a pink silk core, and silver close strip S-wound around a white silk core. Backing: pieced along the left hand side in several places. Pink ground with close, off-set rows of an identical floral sprig. There is a pair of serrated green leaves, red, white and purple flower, red bud to the left and red and yellow petals above. Facing: bias-cut black silk
