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Title	Cover
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: 83cm, Width: 85cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	224-1908
Record ID	224-1908
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1840
Notes	Middle East, Textile; panel, Iran, 1840-1880
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, metal thread, cotton yarn, weaving, resist dyeing, roller printing, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground, faced with silk satin and backed with roller printed plain weave cotton Main field: mid-blue ground with a strong weft rib, seamed along the central axis, patterned with a basic ogival lattice formed by a flowering stem in metal thread. The ground of each compartment is crosshatched with metal thread which surrounds a large boteh motif outlined with a leafy stem in metal thread, terminating in a red blossom and infilled with a flowering stem with pink, red and green blossoms. The botehs faced alternate directions in alternate rows. Warp: blue silk Weft: red, pink, green silk Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. There are squares of a different, pieced, fabric added to the corners. These have a dark blue satin field decorated with offset rows of botehs delineated by two heavy outlines and infilled with a 12-petalled rosette and tulip, all in metal thread. In alternate rows the botehs face alternate directions. Warp: dark blue silk Weft: red silk Metal thread: untarnished silver-gilt [?] strip open S-wound on yellow silk and also on white silk. A pieced border joins the corner squares. It has a red plain weave ground with strong weft rib, decorated with interlocked lozenge lattice formed by leafy stems and similar cross hatching as in the main field, in metal thread. Each lozenge is decorated with a 5-petalled rosette, asymmetrically placed, carried on a leafy stem sprouting from the lozenge frame. The rosettes are in three colours: blue, green and pink. Warp: red silk Weft: blue, green and pink silk. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. Facing: black bias cut silk satin Backing: white ground printed with a repeating pattern of narrow stripes each separated by a very narrow black and white stripe: [1] blue with isolated flowering plants in red and green with white details [2] yellow with delicate black leafy meander with white leaves and red flowers and buds [3] red with blue and green plant with white details [4] white ground as [2] but with green leaves The printing is not perfectly registered.

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Cover

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: 83cm, Width: 85cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 224-1908

Record ID 224-1908

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1840

Notes Middle East, Textile; panel, Iran, 1840-1880

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, metal thread, cotton yarn, weaving, resist dyeing, roller printing, sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground, faced with silk satin and backed with roller printed plain weave cotton Main field: mid-blue ground with a strong weft rib, seamed along the central axis, patterned with a basic ogival lattice formed by a flowering stem in metal thread. The ground of each compartment is crosshatched with metal thread which surrounds a large boteh motif outlined with a leafy stem in metal thread, terminating in a red blossom and infilled with a flowering stem with pink, red and green blossoms. The botehs faced alternate directions in alternate rows. Warp: blue silk Weft: red, pink, green silk Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. There are squares of a different, pieced, fabric added to the corners. These have a dark blue satin field decorated with offset rows of botehs delineated by two heavy outlines and infilled with a 12-petalled rosette and tulip, all in metal thread. In alternate rows the botehs face alternate directions. Warp: dark blue silk Weft: red silk Metal thread: untarnished silver-gilt [?] strip open S-wound on yellow silk and also on white silk. A pieced border joins the corner squares. It has a red plain weave ground with strong weft rib, decorated with interlocked lozenge lattice formed by leafy stems and similar cross hatching as in the main field, in metal thread. Each lozenge is decorated with a 5-petalled rosette, asymmetrically placed, carried on a leafy stem sprouting from the lozenge frame. The rosettes are in three colours: blue, green and pink. Warp: red silk Weft: blue, green and pink silk. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. Facing: black bias cut silk satin Backing: white ground printed with a repeating pattern of narrow stripes each separated by a very narrow black and white stripe: [1] blue with isolated flowering plants in red and green with white details [2] yellow with delicate black leafy meander with white leaves and red flowers and buds [3] red with blue and green plant with white details [4] white ground as [2] but with green leaves The printing is not perfectly registered.