Author
Unknown (made)
Publication Date
1880
Publication Place
Iran -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Maximum length: 157.5cm, Maximum width: 162cm, Top edge width: 1675mm, Bottom edge width: 1650mm, Proper right length: 1655mm, Proper left length: 1703mm, Weighed on roller weight: 15.5kg
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1015-1884
Record ID
1015-1884
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1880
Notes
Saddle cover, soumak flatweave, deisgn of two horizontal bands with animals and birds, possibly Shiraz, Iran, c.1850-1880.
İlişki
Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Fiziksel açıklama
Warp: wool; dark blue; Z2S; not depressed; 36 knots per inch. Weft: wool with white cotton; 7 colours - dark blue, red, dark red, yellow, green, light blue, white; wool: Z2S; cotton: Z3S. Side finish: one cord oversewn with green and red wool. End finish: lower - warp threads gathered in groups and woven in four strand braid terminating in a tassel decorated with red; upper - returned warp around a cord oversewn with red and blue wool. Design: Field: dark blue with 2 bands filled with stylised bud and animal motifs. Lower band with 12 horned quadrupeds decorated with a smaller pair of the same and surrounded by smaller animals and flowers. Upper band has 2 bands of peacocks - lower: 18 upright and facing towards centre; upper: 12 peacocks woven sideways. Borders - 4 borders outwards from field: 1 - green lattice in soumak worked over plain weave in red and yellow; 2 - white ground with linked diamond pattern and hook-shaped motifs in red; 3 - green ground with double reciprocal diamond pattern in white and outlined in red; 4 - weft float pattern of diamond in a square in red and white.
Üretim
Possibly Shiraz
