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Trouser panel

Title	Trouser panel
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: 65.5cm, Minimum width: 43.5cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 47cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	54-1877
Record ID	54-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	F, embroidered, 1800-1860, Persian
İlişki	Caspar Purdon Clarke
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches. Directional design with the top of the pattern at the bottom of the panel, so that the wearer saw the correct pattern. There is a border along the bottom: an upward pointing spray of 3 blue flowers alternates with a downward pointing pink blossom. There is a narrow band around 4 sides of this which also extends part way up the sides of the panel - it is a pattern of white stitches on a pink ground. The main pattern is a series of diagonal lines from lower right to upper left. These are chevron lines in green and dark green. There are three sizes of stripes: [1] narrow stripes: blue ground with a downward pointing spray of 3 pale flowers alternating with a pink blossom pointing to the lower right. [2] wider stripe: white ground with a striped stem curving to the lower right with a large pink blossom alternating with a striped stem and blue flower bending to the upper right. [3] wider stripe in 2 designs: [a] green ground with 2 downward pointing motifs on straight striped stems; a triangular arrangement of white flowers alternating with a dark brown edged pink and yellow flower surrounded by blue and white edged pink flowers. [b] green ground with a downward pointing straight striped stem and large pink blossom alternating with a mass of white flowers rising from a small base with a yellow and pink flower outlined in dark brown. Threads: silk; 2S; dark blue, blue, dark green, green, red, pink, yellow, white, orange, dark brown.

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Trouser panel

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: 65.5cm, Minimum width: 43.5cm, Selvedge to selvedge width: 47cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 54-1877

Record ID 54-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes F, embroidered, 1800-1860, Persian

İlişki Caspar Purdon Clarke

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches. Directional design with the top of the pattern at the bottom of the panel, so that the wearer saw the correct pattern. There is a border along the bottom: an upward pointing spray of 3 blue flowers alternates with a downward pointing pink blossom. There is a narrow band around 4 sides of this which also extends part way up the sides of the panel - it is a pattern of white stitches on a pink ground. The main pattern is a series of diagonal lines from lower right to upper left. These are chevron lines in green and dark green. There are three sizes of stripes: [1] narrow stripes: blue ground with a downward pointing spray of 3 pale flowers alternating with a pink blossom pointing to the lower right. [2] wider stripe: white ground with a striped stem curving to the lower right with a large pink blossom alternating with a striped stem and blue flower bending to the upper right. [3] wider stripe in 2 designs: [a] green ground with 2 downward pointing motifs on straight striped stems; a triangular arrangement of white flowers alternating with a dark brown edged pink and yellow flower surrounded by blue and white edged pink flowers. [b] green ground with a downward pointing straight striped stem and large pink blossom alternating with a mass of white flowers rising from a small base with a yellow and pink flower outlined in dark brown. Threads: silk; 2S; dark blue, blue, dark green, green, red, pink, yellow, white, orange, dark brown.