Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1900
Publication Place
Syria (made) -
Subject
Textiles Accessories Clothing
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 61.5in, Width: 42.5in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.149-1953
Record ID
T.149-1953
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1900
Notes
Sash of woven silk, Syria, ca. 1900
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk
Fiziksel açıklama
Sash of woven silk. Red ground with cream silk diagonal lines meeting to form one central lozenge. Above and below the central lozenge are two half lozenges. Star patterns in the interspaces. With a selvage at each side, and at the top and bottom is a whipped hem. Above the whipped hem, at the top and bottom, are bands of warp threads of 2 inches in depth. The wefts have been drawn out. At the sides are narrow bands of blue and fawn.