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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: 56.5cm, Width: 53cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	748-1888
Record ID	748-1888
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	F, embroidered, 1800-1860, Persian
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches. Bordered on 4 sides with an added band of white plainweave cotton. Pieced: 2 large rectangular pieces have been added down the right hand side. This disrupts the pattern a little. It is seamed across the upper part. Directional design with the top of the pattern at the bottom of the panel, so that the wearer saw the correct pattern. The Museum Number is in the lower left. No borders survive. The main pattern is a series of diagonal lines from lower right to upper left. These are chevron lines in green and blue. There are two sizes of stripes: [1] narrow stripes: red trefoil flower on a straight chevron stem pointing either to the right or straight down. [2] wider stripes in two designs: [a] diamond segments with a right facing red flower edged with yellow on a straight stem with 2 more red flowers and 3 yellow edged pale flowers alternating with a diamond with a downward pointing red blossom on a straight stem surrounded by 9 small serrated flowers and an outer band of coloured flowerheads. [b] trefoil base with 3 pale flowers forming the bottom of a downward pointing arrangement of flowers alternating with almost an identical pattern facing right. Threads: silk; 2S; blue, dark blue, red, pink, white, light green, dark green, green, very pale green.

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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: 56.5cm, Width: 53cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 748-1888

Record ID 748-1888

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes F, embroidered, 1800-1860, Persian

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

Fiziksel açıklama Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches. Bordered on 4 sides with an added band of white plainweave cotton. Pieced: 2 large rectangular pieces have been added down the right hand side. This disrupts the pattern a little. It is seamed across the upper part. Directional design with the top of the pattern at the bottom of the panel, so that the wearer saw the correct pattern. The Museum Number is in the lower left. No borders survive. The main pattern is a series of diagonal lines from lower right to upper left. These are chevron lines in green and blue. There are two sizes of stripes: [1] narrow stripes: red trefoil flower on a straight chevron stem pointing either to the right or straight down. [2] wider stripes in two designs: [a] diamond segments with a right facing red flower edged with yellow on a straight stem with 2 more red flowers and 3 yellow edged pale flowers alternating with a diamond with a downward pointing red blossom on a straight stem surrounded by 9 small serrated flowers and an outer band of coloured flowerheads. [b] trefoil base with 3 pale flowers forming the bottom of a downward pointing arrangement of flowers alternating with almost an identical pattern facing right. Threads: silk; 2S; blue, dark blue, red, pink, white, light green, dark green, green, very pale green.