Author
Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Place
Turkey (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Width: 50cm, Length: 81cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1752A-1892
Record ID
1752A-1892
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Middle East, Textile; velvet, 1700s, Persian; Flowers
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silk (Textile)
Parçalar
Woven Silk, Woven Silk
Fiziksel açıklama
Technical analysis Foundation weave: 5 end satin, decochement 3, by 1 and 2 wefts. Warp: 2 warps: 1 foundation warp and 1 pile warp. Proportion: 6 foundation warps, 1 pile warp. Foundation warp: Material: cream, Z twist, silk. Thread count: 70 per cm Velvet Warp: Material: silk, Z twist, doubled. Three colours in each channel: red, pale blue, white, green, beige, yellow. Blue and green predominate whilst the other colours are introduced into the pile warp channels when required. Thread count/cm: 11 per cm Weft: 4 wefts: 1 foundation weft, 1 squeezing wefts, 1 supporting weft, 1 brocading weft Proportion: 2 wefts, 1 rod, 2 metal wefts, 1 supporting weft and 1 squeezing weft. Foundation weft: Material: cream, Z twist, cotton or linen. Thread count: 18 per cm Squeezing weft: 1 squeezing weft Material: cream, thin, Z twist, silk. Thread count: 8/9 squeezing weft per cm Supporting weft: 1 supporting weft. Material: cream, thin, Z twist, silk. Thread count: 8/9 squeezing weft per cm Supplementary metal wefts: Material: silk core, Z twist, metal wrapped in an S direction. Two per pile unit. Bound in a 1/4 twill S direction by every 8th foundation warp. Thread count: 18 supplementary metal wefts per cm Selvedge: 2/1 twill, S direction. Description: This velvet depicts different flowers in rows. The flowers depicted include carnations, irises and tulips â all commonly depicted by both the Ottomans and the Persians.
