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Textile Panel

1800-1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Embroidered panel with blue fringing around the edge. The central motif is of two blue peacocks facing each other on a red background. The rest of the panel is blue, decorated with vegetal designs in cream, yellow and red, with four four-legged animals (stylised versions of the Lion and the Sun emblem) in each quarter and a deer at each end. This central panel is surrounded by a red border with various shapes on three sides.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton with silk embroidery
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, design of central medallion with two facing peacocks, Azerbaijan or possibly NW Iran, 1800-1840
Physical description
Embroidered panel with blue fringing around the edge. The central motif is of two blue peacocks facing each other on a red background. The rest of the panel is blue, decorated with vegetal designs in cream, yellow and red, with four four-legged animals (stylised versions of the Lion and the Sun emblem) in each quarter and a deer at each end. This central panel is surrounded by a red border with various shapes on three sides.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1130mm
  • Width: 735mm
Style
Bibliographic references
  • Jennifer Wearden, 'Azerbaijan Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts', Hali 59 (October 1991) pp.102-111: Fig.19.
  • Persian Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Persian Art at Burlington House London 1931 (London: 1931) p.91: Cat.no.828C.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Textiles, Brief Guide to the Persian Embroideries (London: Board of Education, 1929) Pl.1.
Collection
Accession number
931-1889

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Record createdMay 17, 1999
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