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Textile panel

Title	Textile panel
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1870
Publication Place	Iran (made) Kerman -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 107cm, Width: 112cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1064-1875
Record ID	1064-1875
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1870
Notes	Middle East, Textile. Textile panel, woven wool twill with striped design, Yazd, Iran 1870-1874
İlişki	Murdoch Smith, Robert
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woollen yarn, weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Woven woollen twill. Warp: Wool, S-twist: red, white, dark blue. Weft: Wool, Z-twist: maroon, red, dark green, dark blue, yellow, white. Stripes: [1] white ground with a continuous line of fat S-shaped leaves in green and blue, each with a maroon and yellow central spot. Both terminals of the S-form are marked with maroon and interrupted by a narrow bar of maroon and red. [2] Red ground with a line of small irregular roundels outlined in white and filled with yellow, green and blue. Both stripes are edged with a narrow line of white, blue and green. Along the sides is a wider stripe with a red ground filled by a line of angular rosettes with a apair of leaves on a fat stem in blue and green; the petals and leaves are also blue and green and are outlined in white. The centre of the rosettes and the leaves are in maroon and yellow. Along the ends is a row of striped carnations outlined in white and filled with green and red resting on a blue line, all on a red ground. In each of the corners is a small square containing an 8-petalled rostte in green and blue outlined in white, with a red and white centre. A band of four shoots of green weft separate this band from the striped pattern. Selvedges: warp threads have been paired to form three or four cords.

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Textile panel

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1870

Publication Place Iran (made) Kerman -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 107cm, Width: 112cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1064-1875

Record ID 1064-1875

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1870

Notes Middle East, Textile. Textile panel, woven wool twill with striped design, Yazd, Iran 1870-1874

İlişki Murdoch Smith, Robert

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woollen yarn, weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Woven woollen twill. Warp: Wool, S-twist: red, white, dark blue. Weft: Wool, Z-twist: maroon, red, dark green, dark blue, yellow, white. Stripes: [1] white ground with a continuous line of fat S-shaped leaves in green and blue, each with a maroon and yellow central spot. Both terminals of the S-form are marked with maroon and interrupted by a narrow bar of maroon and red. [2] Red ground with a line of small irregular roundels outlined in white and filled with yellow, green and blue. Both stripes are edged with a narrow line of white, blue and green. Along the sides is a wider stripe with a red ground filled by a line of angular rosettes with a apair of leaves on a fat stem in blue and green; the petals and leaves are also blue and green and are outlined in white. The centre of the rosettes and the leaves are in maroon and yellow. Along the ends is a row of striped carnations outlined in white and filled with green and red resting on a blue line, all on a red ground. In each of the corners is a small square containing an 8-petalled rostte in green and blue outlined in white, with a red and white centre. A band of four shoots of green weft separate this band from the striped pattern. Selvedges: warp threads have been paired to form three or four cords.