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Title	Cover
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: 89.5cm, Width: 76cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	91-1897
Record ID	91-1897
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	quilted and embroidered, 1600-1799, Persian
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, quilting, sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and back stitch, padded and quilted, backed with plain weave cotton. White ground. The inner and outer borders contain a blue leafy meander with a red trefoil flower. The main border has inward pointing stem with blue trefoil at its base and three red pointed flowers. This border has a quilted ground with a scale pattern. The quilting is worked with white silk. In the centre is a lobed medallion formed by a blue band with red dots; there is a red and blue rosette in the centre. A blue 8-pointed star encircles this and links 4 large red blossoms in profile at the diagonals and 4 round red blossoms at the cardinal points. A pair of blue serrated leaves and a red trefoil emerges from the top of every blossom. On the outer edge of the lobed medallion there is a small red tree at every angle. A quarter of this design, minus tree, is in each corner. The ground if filled with small sprigs with one star-like red flower and buds leaning to the left; these sprigs point towards the central horizontal axis. The ground is quilted with the scale pattern. Backing: coarse white cotton through which the quilting has been worked. There are five green silk twill loops on the back of the upper edge, for display purposes.

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Cover

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: 89.5cm, Width: 76cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 91-1897

Record ID 91-1897

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes quilted and embroidered, 1600-1799, Persian

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

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and back stitch, padded and quilted, backed with plain weave cotton. White ground. The inner and outer borders contain a blue leafy meander with a red trefoil flower. The main border has inward pointing stem with blue trefoil at its base and three red pointed flowers. This border has a quilted ground with a scale pattern. The quilting is worked with white silk. In the centre is a lobed medallion formed by a blue band with red dots; there is a red and blue rosette in the centre. A blue 8-pointed star encircles this and links 4 large red blossoms in profile at the diagonals and 4 round red blossoms at the cardinal points. A pair of blue serrated leaves and a red trefoil emerges from the top of every blossom. On the outer edge of the lobed medallion there is a small red tree at every angle. A quarter of this design, minus tree, is in each corner. The ground if filled with small sprigs with one star-like red flower and buds leaning to the left; these sprigs point towards the central horizontal axis. The ground is quilted with the scale pattern. Backing: coarse white cotton through which the quilting has been worked. There are five green silk twill loops on the back of the upper edge, for display purposes.