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Textile Panel

1670-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in cross stitch; strips of cotton have been stitched around the edges.
The black ground has a large flattened eight-pointed star in red, with a central beige quatrefoil shape (possibly representing a pool of water) within which are four floral motifs which may be flowers growing from a central island. Around the 'pool' are four yellow stylised trees and four U-shapes which are filled with geometric motifs. In each corner of the cover is a stylised red palmette flanked by white leaf forms; these alternate with a large U-shaped motif in beige and with other scattered motifs. It is possible that this design represents a version of a Persian Garden Carpet. A narrow yellow border has a thin black angular meander carrying blue, red, yellow and green leaf forms.
There are some repairs using surface darning which may indicate that surface darning is a more recent technique.
Colours (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): white, beige, black, red, blue, green, yellow.



Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, design of central star-medallion on black ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, possibly 1700-1800
Physical description
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in cross stitch; strips of cotton have been stitched around the edges.
The black ground has a large flattened eight-pointed star in red, with a central beige quatrefoil shape (possibly representing a pool of water) within which are four floral motifs which may be flowers growing from a central island. Around the 'pool' are four yellow stylised trees and four U-shapes which are filled with geometric motifs. In each corner of the cover is a stylised red palmette flanked by white leaf forms; these alternate with a large U-shaped motif in beige and with other scattered motifs. It is possible that this design represents a version of a Persian Garden Carpet. A narrow yellow border has a thin black angular meander carrying blue, red, yellow and green leaf forms.
There are some repairs using surface darning which may indicate that surface darning is a more recent technique.
Colours (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): white, beige, black, red, blue, green, yellow.

Dimensions
  • Height: 690mm
  • Width: 640mm
Style
Object history
Purchased for £3 3s. from Lady Wilson.
Bibliographic references
  • Baker, Patricia, L. Islamic Textiles, London: British Museum Press (1995): Fig p. 143
  • Jennifer Wearden, 'Azerbaijan Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts', Hali 59 (October 1991) pp.102-111: Fig.3.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.535-1910

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Record createdDecember 17, 2003
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