Author
Unknown (made) Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1775
Publication Place
Azerbaijan (made) Iran (made) Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 68.5cm, Width: 79cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1024-1898
Record ID
1024-1898
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1775
Notes
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton with silver thread, packed design of star-medallions, smaller stars and cartouches on blue ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1775-1800
Malzemeler ve teknikler
cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch with couched metal thread. The coloured silk embroidery has been worked on a very fine cotton ground which has then been backed with a coarser cotton through which the couching has been done. This suggests that the silk embroidery was done and then the metal thread was added. The motifs are outlined with black blocks. Blue ground with a rigid pattern of large, multi-pointed 'gold' stars with a central light blue cross, alternating with smaller silver stars with a light green diamond. Between these two motifs are diagonal pointed cartouches with light green ground, a central lozenge and a tiny S- or Z-motif. There are no end borders. The border along the sides has a red ground with a line of 'gold' stars and silver pointed cartouches with green 'leaves'. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; blue, light blue, faded red, green, light green, dark green, black, pink. Metal thread: silver strip close S-wound on a white silk core couched with white silk and silver strip close S-wound on an orange silk core couched with orange silk.
Üslup
Caucasian
