Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1870
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 136.5cm, Width: 193cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.157-1926
Record ID
T.157-1926
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1870
Notes
A cover, felted wool, Rasht, Iran, second half-19th century
Sample Text
Translation After thanks for this sustenance, we deliver this prayer: May the glory of Islam be secured. From the bountiful one of the world, the trays of blessing which reach each and every one with a hundred dispensations. Note [a] Painted inscription forming part of the design. Nastaliq script. [b] cloth label sewn onto the lower right hand corner with ink inscription 'D8963' and '16/'
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, weaving, sewing, resist dyeing, block printing, painting.
Fiziksel açıklama
Resist dyed, block printed and painted plain weave cotton, probably machine woven. The central panel is edged in red and has an off-white ground with a simple flowering stem in light blue and red. There are four lines of calligraphy reserved in white on yellow. This panel is framed by a floral meander in blacking bearing blue and red flowers with blue leaves. This border also frames the corner squares and a series of rectangles. The corner squares are red with a central black ground rosette with the inscription reserved in cream. There is another rectangular panel across the top and bottom with a three line inscription in white on black with a rosette in the lower right hand corner. The one across the top lacks the rosette. Either side of these rectangles is a vertical panel containing two red and light blue flower heads on a purple ground. Two pieces have been sewn together to form the length: there is a neat seam along the length of the cover between the cream central panel and the border. The cotton fabric was joined together before it was printed. Colours: red, light blue, light yellow, purple, black. The printing is not particularly high quality.
