Bordered Silk Panel
1800-1899 (made)
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Woven silk satin and metal thread with a border of woven silk, backed with plain weave cotton and faced with plain weave cotton.
Orange satin ground is woven with offset rows of confronting birds [parrots] above a floral spray with one large and two small flowers. The pair of birds have coloured wings, alternately white or light blue. The birds are separated by a small pointed motif which is the colour of the wings. The sprays of flowers are separated by a vertical fish-like motif. The metal thread is silver and silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core.
Two narrow bands of metal thread and dark silk mark the loom end along the upper edge and between them are two star shapes containing a woven inscription [a blessing for the weaver].
There is an added border down the sides and across the bottom edged with black cotton tape: bias cut woven silk with a yellow ground and a meandering stem linking red blossoms and blue ones with white buds. Two different types of fabric [?], one more finely woven than the other.
Backing: pieced; dark green cotton.
Facing: bias cut black cotton.
Orange satin ground is woven with offset rows of confronting birds [parrots] above a floral spray with one large and two small flowers. The pair of birds have coloured wings, alternately white or light blue. The birds are separated by a small pointed motif which is the colour of the wings. The sprays of flowers are separated by a vertical fish-like motif. The metal thread is silver and silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core.
Two narrow bands of metal thread and dark silk mark the loom end along the upper edge and between them are two star shapes containing a woven inscription [a blessing for the weaver].
There is an added border down the sides and across the bottom edged with black cotton tape: bias cut woven silk with a yellow ground and a meandering stem linking red blossoms and blue ones with white buds. Two different types of fabric [?], one more finely woven than the other.
Backing: pieced; dark green cotton.
Facing: bias cut black cotton.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Woven silk satin and metal thread with a border of woven silk, backed with plain weave cotton and faced with plain weave cotton. |
Brief description | Silk and silver-thread on satin ground; Iran; 19th century. |
Physical description | Woven silk satin and metal thread with a border of woven silk, backed with plain weave cotton and faced with plain weave cotton. Orange satin ground is woven with offset rows of confronting birds [parrots] above a floral spray with one large and two small flowers. The pair of birds have coloured wings, alternately white or light blue. The birds are separated by a small pointed motif which is the colour of the wings. The sprays of flowers are separated by a vertical fish-like motif. The metal thread is silver and silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core. Two narrow bands of metal thread and dark silk mark the loom end along the upper edge and between them are two star shapes containing a woven inscription [a blessing for the weaver]. There is an added border down the sides and across the bottom edged with black cotton tape: bias cut woven silk with a yellow ground and a meandering stem linking red blossoms and blue ones with white buds. Two different types of fabric [?], one more finely woven than the other. Backing: pieced; dark green cotton. Facing: bias cut black cotton. |
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Marks and inscriptions | (woven within two star-shaped compartments along the upper edge: in Arabic it is a blessing for the weaver.
small paper label attached with pencil numbers: '27?749' and in ink: 'D3600' and on the reverse '699/6999'.)
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Object history | Purchased. Registered File no. 1930/2660. |
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Accession number | T.206-1930 |
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Record created | May 5, 2009 |
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