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: 19cm, Width: 29cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1353-1899
Record ID
1353-1899
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
brocaded, 1800s, Persian; Flowers and stripes
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Dress fabric, woven silk and cotton brocaded with silk and metal thread. Displayed behind glass. Warp: blue silk Weft: Z-spun blue cotton Brocading wefts: pink, red, green, purple silk and gilt metal strip Z-wound on yellow silk core. Stripes: [1] blue ground with isolated gold lobed circles each containing an almost circular arrangement of leaves in gold, pink and green, pink and purple, red and green and red and purple. [2] blue ground hardly visible beneath a sinuous gold stem decorated with small red, pink, green and purple dots. To either side of the stem are large gold floral shapes with details in the same colours.
