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Prayer mat

Title	Prayer mat
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: 135cm, Width: 85cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	950-1889
Record ID	950-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian
Sample Text	Note Inscribed in ink in the lower left corner of the backing 'cz' or 'lz'.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing, printing, quilting.
Fiziksel açıklama	The off-white, plainweave cotton ground is finely quilted with fine wool wadding throughout in white silk thread. The border of scrolling foliage and six-petalled flowers is within two narrow borders of delicately meandering foliage and star-shaped flowers. The spandrels form a mughal arch and contain flowreing arabesques. The main field is dominated by a large flowering bush. All in chain stitch, in teal blue, sage green, white and pink silk thread, with yellow used in the borders and to delineate the outlines. The Backing: the plainweave cotton is roller-printed with rows of polychrome rows of long botehs suspended above rose-bearing festoons, against a ground of floral sprigs. Possibly Russian or English. The Facing: the broad facing of bias-cut plainweave cotton is roller-printed with narrow bands containing repeating floral motifs in red, navy blue, yellow and white.

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Prayer mat

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: 135cm, Width: 85cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 950-1889

Record ID 950-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered & quilted, 1800s, Persian

Sample Text Note Inscribed in ink in the lower left corner of the backing 'cz' or 'lz'.

Malzemeler ve teknikler cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing, printing, quilting.

Fiziksel açıklama The off-white, plainweave cotton ground is finely quilted with fine wool wadding throughout in white silk thread. The border of scrolling foliage and six-petalled flowers is within two narrow borders of delicately meandering foliage and star-shaped flowers. The spandrels form a mughal arch and contain flowreing arabesques. The main field is dominated by a large flowering bush. All in chain stitch, in teal blue, sage green, white and pink silk thread, with yellow used in the borders and to delineate the outlines. The Backing: the plainweave cotton is roller-printed with rows of polychrome rows of long botehs suspended above rose-bearing festoons, against a ground of floral sprigs. Possibly Russian or English. The Facing: the broad facing of bias-cut plainweave cotton is roller-printed with narrow bands containing repeating floral motifs in red, navy blue, yellow and white.