Textile Panel
1670-1700 (made)
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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.
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
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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. |
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Object history | Purchased for £3 3s. from Lady Wilson. |
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Accession number | CIRC.535-1910 |
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Record created | December 17, 2003 |
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