Headscarf
Headscarf
1750-1850 (made)
1750-1850 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in cross stitch backed with woven silk and faced with bias-cut silk and cotton.
White ground with alternating rows of:
[1] red 8-pointed stars with 4 'arms' whirling in a light blue or white contral lozenge, separated by a vertical dark blue cartouche form with a red S-shape.
[2] a smaller red 8-pointed star with a green 4 armed whirl separated by a horizontal dark blue cartouche with a red S-shape in between yellow or pale green L-shaped bars.
The narrow border around two sides is light green decorated with stylised red leaf forms alternating with white or yellow centred octagons. All the motifs are outlined in black.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; white, black, red, green, dark blue, light blue, yellow, faded pink.
Backing: pieced; silk; blue and green chevron pattern.
Facing: striped silk and cotton: red, yellow, green, light blue, white, black.
See 296-1884 for two similar triangular pieces joined together.
White ground with alternating rows of:
[1] red 8-pointed stars with 4 'arms' whirling in a light blue or white contral lozenge, separated by a vertical dark blue cartouche form with a red S-shape.
[2] a smaller red 8-pointed star with a green 4 armed whirl separated by a horizontal dark blue cartouche with a red S-shape in between yellow or pale green L-shaped bars.
The narrow border around two sides is light green decorated with stylised red leaf forms alternating with white or yellow centred octagons. All the motifs are outlined in black.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; white, black, red, green, dark blue, light blue, yellow, faded pink.
Backing: pieced; silk; blue and green chevron pattern.
Facing: striped silk and cotton: red, yellow, green, light blue, white, black.
See 296-1884 for two similar triangular pieces joined together.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Headscarf |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Headscarf, triangular panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of stars and cartouches on white ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1750-1850 |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in cross stitch backed with woven silk and faced with bias-cut silk and cotton. White ground with alternating rows of: [1] red 8-pointed stars with 4 'arms' whirling in a light blue or white contral lozenge, separated by a vertical dark blue cartouche form with a red S-shape. [2] a smaller red 8-pointed star with a green 4 armed whirl separated by a horizontal dark blue cartouche with a red S-shape in between yellow or pale green L-shaped bars. The narrow border around two sides is light green decorated with stylised red leaf forms alternating with white or yellow centred octagons. All the motifs are outlined in black. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; white, black, red, green, dark blue, light blue, yellow, faded pink. Backing: pieced; silk; blue and green chevron pattern. Facing: striped silk and cotton: red, yellow, green, light blue, white, black. See 296-1884 for two similar triangular pieces joined together. |
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| Accession number | 77-1877 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2008 |
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