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Nakshe

Title	Nakshe
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: 48cm, Minimum width: 40cm, Maximum width: 55.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	827-1876
Record ID	827-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Middle East, Textile; woven silk, 1800-1860, Persian, trouser panel
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk. Dark blue warp and blue weft. Wider at the top than the bottom. Diagonal stripes running from lower right to upper left. The narrow stripes have a blue ground with a meander and two different shapes of pink flowers. These stripes are edged with narrow, undecorated lines of pink, dark blue and green. The wider stripes have two designs: [1] white ground with a small indistinct pattern which includes large, downward pointing pink flowers with a large diagonal green bird to the right of it; [2] dark blue ground with six diamond designs of upward pointing vertical floral sprigs. The piece has been cut down the sides and also across the top and bottom. There are decorative bands at the bottom: white and red checks, a green and pale pink chevron and white and pale pink checks.

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Nakshe

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: 48cm, Minimum width: 40cm, Maximum width: 55.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 827-1876

Record ID 827-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Middle East, Textile; woven silk, 1800-1860, Persian, trouser panel

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk. Dark blue warp and blue weft. Wider at the top than the bottom. Diagonal stripes running from lower right to upper left. The narrow stripes have a blue ground with a meander and two different shapes of pink flowers. These stripes are edged with narrow, undecorated lines of pink, dark blue and green. The wider stripes have two designs: [1] white ground with a small indistinct pattern which includes large, downward pointing pink flowers with a large diagonal green bird to the right of it; [2] dark blue ground with six diamond designs of upward pointing vertical floral sprigs. The piece has been cut down the sides and also across the top and bottom. There are decorative bands at the bottom: white and red checks, a green and pale pink chevron and white and pale pink checks.