Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles Accessories
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 51cm
(maximum), Length: 47cm
(minimum), Width: 45cm
(maximum), Width: 40.5cm
(minimum)
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
CIRC.159-1932
Record ID
CIRC.159-1932
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Cotton bag face with woollen pile, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Cotton, woollen pile Wool Cotton
Fiziksel açıklama
Cotton bag face with woollen pile. WARP: white cotton; Z5S; 22 threads per inch (80 per dm). WEFT: white cotton; Z5S; one shoot after each row of knots; 9 knots per inch (32 per dm). PILE: wool; 10 colours: red, yellow, green, light green, dark blue, blue, pink, light pink, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 99 knots per sq. inch (1280 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: check oversewn with dark blue wool. At the top there may be the remnants of a tassel; thick yellow (and pink on the left only) knots form a base which has been oversewn with dark brown wool. END FINISH: lower: 1" (2.5 cm) plain weave with light pink wool and one row of yellow/dark blue and one row of green/light pink wool. Upper: 1 3/4" (4.5 cm) plain weave with light pink wool. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with eight-petalled floral centre and one further flower in each corner. Central flower contained within seven stepped diamond outlines. The field is framed by a reciprocal trefoil pattern in red and blue. Main border: red squares (rectangles in lower bottom) containing small flowers and divided by dark blue lines (black in the upper border and corners); these form buttonholes in the lower border. Inner border: white ground with multi-coloured lozenges outlined in dark blue or black. Outer border: alternating green and pink or red diagonals (sides) and blocks (upper and lower).
