Dress Fabric
1860-1899 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry,
Made from several pieces, at least six. Black ground with a dense pattern of left facing botehs in offset rows with undulating stems running between the botehs from lower right to upper left. The stems have a light blue ground with red, white and orange details. The botehs have a broad outline which is orange at the bottom where it contains green leaves and then changes to light blue with green, red and yellow. The botehs are identical and contain a pair of yellow leaves pattered with a stem of blue flower heads, a downward pointing carnation and a larger upward pointing red and blue carnation. The tip of the boteh contains a spray of four blossoms and a small grey leaf.
Warp: black wool, S-twist
Weft: dark red, red, blue, light blue, orange, green, black and white wool, all S-twist.
Synthetic purple and magenta threads indicate a date after 1860. It was the sleeve of a loose robe.
Made from several pieces, at least six. Black ground with a dense pattern of left facing botehs in offset rows with undulating stems running between the botehs from lower right to upper left. The stems have a light blue ground with red, white and orange details. The botehs have a broad outline which is orange at the bottom where it contains green leaves and then changes to light blue with green, red and yellow. The botehs are identical and contain a pair of yellow leaves pattered with a stem of blue flower heads, a downward pointing carnation and a larger upward pointing red and blue carnation. The tip of the boteh contains a spray of four blossoms and a small grey leaf.
Warp: black wool, S-twist
Weft: dark red, red, blue, light blue, orange, green, black and white wool, all S-twist.
Synthetic purple and magenta threads indicate a date after 1860. It was the sleeve of a loose robe.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry |
| Brief description | Woollen dress fabric taken from a coat, Iran, 1860-1899. |
| Physical description | Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry, Made from several pieces, at least six. Black ground with a dense pattern of left facing botehs in offset rows with undulating stems running between the botehs from lower right to upper left. The stems have a light blue ground with red, white and orange details. The botehs have a broad outline which is orange at the bottom where it contains green leaves and then changes to light blue with green, red and yellow. The botehs are identical and contain a pair of yellow leaves pattered with a stem of blue flower heads, a downward pointing carnation and a larger upward pointing red and blue carnation. The tip of the boteh contains a spray of four blossoms and a small grey leaf. Warp: black wool, S-twist Weft: dark red, red, blue, light blue, orange, green, black and white wool, all S-twist. Synthetic purple and magenta threads indicate a date after 1860. It was the sleeve of a loose robe. |
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| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Registered File number 1994/1650. |
| Production | The magenta and purple threads indicate a date after 1860. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | T.697-1994 (Object) |
| Bibliographic reference | Layla S Diba 'Clothing in the Safavid and Qajar Periods' in Volume V (Carpets-Coffee) of Encyclopaedia Iranica edited by Ehsan Yarshater (Mazda Publishes, Costa Mesa, California), 1992 p. 803.
Illustrated in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker, V&A Publishing 2010 fig. 33 page 49 (showing front and back). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.698-1994 |
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| Record created | April 12, 1999 |
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