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Dress fabric

Title	Dress fabric
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: 7.5cm, Width: 102cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	CIRC.679-1923
Record ID	CIRC.679-1923
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	A fragment of a dress fabric with silk thread, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler	silk thread, weaving, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	woven silk. Pieced; three pieces sewn together; the one on the right has a narrow band of reciprocal diamond-heads in green and pink along the lower edge marking the loom end. Dark blue ground divided into a diamond-shaped lozenge by a series of small green leaves; each diamond contains an upright stem bearing blossoms. The flowers in the lower row of the central panel are roses in profile with two buds with a band of long-petalled flowers above, three per stem in white or a brownish-red outlined with yellow. The left hand panel has the long-petalled flowers below a row of full-on roses below a sprig of three carnations. The right hand panel has a row of full-on roses below a row of carnations. A narrow piece of green silk has been sewn along most of the upper edge. See also: Circ.677-1923, Circ.679-1923 and Circ.680-1923.

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Dress fabric

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: 7.5cm, Width: 102cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID CIRC.679-1923

Record ID CIRC.679-1923

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes A fragment of a dress fabric with silk thread, Iran, 19th century

Malzemeler ve teknikler silk thread, weaving, sewing

Fiziksel açıklama woven silk. Pieced; three pieces sewn together; the one on the right has a narrow band of reciprocal diamond-heads in green and pink along the lower edge marking the loom end. Dark blue ground divided into a diamond-shaped lozenge by a series of small green leaves; each diamond contains an upright stem bearing blossoms. The flowers in the lower row of the central panel are roses in profile with two buds with a band of long-petalled flowers above, three per stem in white or a brownish-red outlined with yellow. The left hand panel has the long-petalled flowers below a row of full-on roses below a sprig of three carnations. The right hand panel has a row of full-on roses below a row of carnations. A narrow piece of green silk has been sewn along most of the upper edge. See also: Circ.677-1923, Circ.679-1923 and Circ.680-1923.