Author
Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1725
Publication Place
Iran (made) Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 80cm, Width: 72.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
46-1889
Record ID
46-1889
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1725
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, design of lobed medallion and cartouches on black ground, with stylised face in the central medallion, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1725-1775
Sample Text
Note label: remains of a white paper label glued in place; Arabic letters in ink.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering.
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning and running stitch. The design was drawn onto the back of the fabric with ink and can be seen along the lower edge which has not been embroidered. There is no border design. Central red indented octagon with a light blue border. It contains a central dark red star in a yellow octagon surrounded by four dark red blossoms and two brown and two light blue ones. The ground of the cover is black. There is a pink ground cartouche along each side; it contains three angular light blue sections; the central one contains an orange cartouche with a blue S-shaped stem and two dark red blossoms; the other two contain a central red blossom between two stylised figures [see other items from group 1 to see the probably origin of this design]. In the lower left hand side one of these figures has been replaced by a leaf. There is a white lozenge in each corner filled with a blue lozenge and small coloured motifs. White and orange stylised blossoms surround the main motifs. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, orange, pink, grey, light blue, brown, light brown, white, dark red, yellow, red, blue, light green/blue.
Üslup
Caucasian
