Ruband
1866c (made)
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Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and needleweaving; whitework.
There is one selvedge.
This is largely undecorated except for the top which has a narrow composite band of straight stitches forming reciprocal trefoils and zigzags. This embroidery is relatively loosely worked. The top two corners inside this band are decorated with isolated offset 8-pointed stars and banded diagonally by a composite stripe of trefoils, small lozenges and 8-pointed stars. In this centre a hexagonal cartouche form of needleweaving forms a trellis to cover the eyes, all edged with a similar composite stripes.
An unembroidered strip across the top edge has been folded and stitched to form a strengthen edge; there is a small loop at one end.
Cotton thread: cannot ascertain spin and twist
Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S
There is one selvedge.
This is largely undecorated except for the top which has a narrow composite band of straight stitches forming reciprocal trefoils and zigzags. This embroidery is relatively loosely worked. The top two corners inside this band are decorated with isolated offset 8-pointed stars and banded diagonally by a composite stripe of trefoils, small lozenges and 8-pointed stars. In this centre a hexagonal cartouche form of needleweaving forms a trellis to cover the eyes, all edged with a similar composite stripes.
An unembroidered strip across the top edge has been folded and stitched to form a strengthen edge; there is a small loop at one end.
Cotton thread: cannot ascertain spin and twist
Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton thread, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile. Ruband or face-veil, white cotton with silk embroidery and pulled-thread openwork or whitework, Qajar Iran, 1800-1860 |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and needleweaving; whitework. There is one selvedge. This is largely undecorated except for the top which has a narrow composite band of straight stitches forming reciprocal trefoils and zigzags. This embroidery is relatively loosely worked. The top two corners inside this band are decorated with isolated offset 8-pointed stars and banded diagonally by a composite stripe of trefoils, small lozenges and 8-pointed stars. In this centre a hexagonal cartouche form of needleweaving forms a trellis to cover the eyes, all edged with a similar composite stripes. An unembroidered strip across the top edge has been folded and stitched to form a strengthen edge; there is a small loop at one end. Cotton thread: cannot ascertain spin and twist Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S |
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| Object history | Purchased at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. |
| Bibliographic reference | Published in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker (V&A Publishing, 2010) Plate 48.
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| Accession number | 925-1869 |
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| Record created | June 3, 2008 |
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