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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: 26.5cm, Width: 28cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2360-1876
Record ID	2360-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework
Malzemeler ve teknikler	cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering.
Fiziksel açıklama	Plain weave unbleached cotton, hand-woven, embroidered with silk in satin and other straight stitches, pulled thread work, whitework. In the centre a rectangle containing four corner pulled thread work triangles with a central extended octagonal shape, again pulled thread work but forming a more open net. The rectangular frame is followed by a band of hexagonal pulled thread forms, more extended on the selvedge sides, interspersed with white silk stitched triangles, and then on the 2 hemmed sides a narrow band of either extended pulled thread hexagonal shapes or a line of small pulled thread lozenge forms on a stitched ground. The cotton thread is Z-spun. The white silk is 2S. There are two selvedges.

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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: 26.5cm, Width: 28cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2360-1876

Record ID 2360-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes embroidered, 1800s, Persian; Whitework

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

Fiziksel açıklama Plain weave unbleached cotton, hand-woven, embroidered with silk in satin and other straight stitches, pulled thread work, whitework. In the centre a rectangle containing four corner pulled thread work triangles with a central extended octagonal shape, again pulled thread work but forming a more open net. The rectangular frame is followed by a band of hexagonal pulled thread forms, more extended on the selvedge sides, interspersed with white silk stitched triangles, and then on the 2 hemmed sides a narrow band of either extended pulled thread hexagonal shapes or a line of small pulled thread lozenge forms on a stitched ground. The cotton thread is Z-spun. The white silk is 2S. There are two selvedges.