نویسنده
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
تاریخ انتشار
1800
محل انتشار
Iran (made) -
موضوع
Textiles
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Length: 56.5cm, Width: 58.5cm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
216-1890
شماره ثبت
216-1890
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
1800
یادداشتها
embroidered, 1880s, Persian
متن نمونه
Note Inscription: ink stamp in one corner of backing fabric [1], along the same side as the Museum Number.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
silk thread, metal thread, cotton yarn, weaving, resist-dyeing, block printing, embroidering, sewing.
Fiziksel açıklama
Silk embroidered with couched metal thread and silk thread in flat stitch, faced with woven silk and backed with resist-dyed and block printed plain weave cotton. Pieced from a larger embroidery because the design does not match across the seam. The main panel [39.5 x 38.5 cm] has a beige ground pieced across the centre to form a vase- like motif with a foliated triangular base framed by a curving serrated leaf and subsidiary stems in black silk bearing exotic flowers, buds and leaves. The main areas are worked with metal thread with silk details. Silk threads: light blue, two shades of light pink, yellow, green, black [outlines]; 2S. The black outlines are worked in stem stitch. Metal thread: silver strip close S-wound on Z-twist white silk; silver-gilt strip close S-wound on S-twist yellow silk; repairs worked with a more modern metal thread which is silver strip open Z-wound on light blue silk, couched with blue silk - this is much thinner than the original metal threads. Border: pieced, orange silk satin. Some of the embroidery has been worked over some of the seams while other seams cut through the embroidered design, again suggesting it was made from a larger piece. The seam joining the border to the central panel has been concealed by couched black silk. The under-drawing can been seen in places. There is a double meander with a black stem and split leaves and large and small 5 or 6-petalled flower heads plus other, non-repeated floral motifs. In the split leaves and some flowers the orange ground is yellow. We think this indicates that the orange was 'bleached' using a block or stencil to reproduce the design. Metal thread: silver strip open and closed S-wound on Z-twist silk of various colours including coral, blue, white and light brown. Were they using-up odds and ends for the silk core? Silk threads: very small amounts of pink and blue; 2S. Facing: narrow bias-cut woven satin striped ; white or blue ground decorated with a small floral motif in pink, light blue and light brown; separated by green and red lines. Backing: pieced, resist-dyed and block printed plain weave. There are two fabrics: [1] green ground with offset rows of a repeated left-facing boteh composed of a flowering spray in white, purple, red, pink and yellow with dark and light green leaves. [2] a small piece of similar but more loosely woven cotton. The floral spray is ovoid with a large round dark red blossom, smaller red buds, white flowers and small amounts of purple.
