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1876 (made)
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Resht work, plain weave felted wool, patchwork, inlaid work, embroidered with silk in a variety of stitches predominantly chain stitch.
Note: researchers may use the terms applique and tambour when searching for this category of textile even though they are incorrect.
Very light brown ground with an undecorated border about 4 cm wide on all 4 sides. The decorative centre is delineated by a line of adjoining white circles. There are two vertical lines of lobed compartments, each 22 cm wide; there are 4 compartments per line and they are linked vertically by a narrow white and blue oval line. The floral decoration within each compartment is dominated by a pair of green horizontal scrolling frames and by dark red stems and a pair of vertical green V-shapes.
The spaces between these compartments ie. a central vertical line and a half line down both sides, are filled with floral motifs on dark red stems. Vertical dark red stems echo the V-shapes previously mentioned and green scrolling lines edged with white circles echo elements from the compartments.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; very dark red, red, dark pink, pink, dark yellow, yellow, purple, blue, light blue, white, black, dark orange.
Inset wool: red, orange, dark blue, purple, dark pink, turquoise, white, dark green.
Some black under drawing or printing is visible.
See also: 850-1877 for identical design and 842-1877 for similar piece.
Note: researchers may use the terms applique and tambour when searching for this category of textile even though they are incorrect.
Very light brown ground with an undecorated border about 4 cm wide on all 4 sides. The decorative centre is delineated by a line of adjoining white circles. There are two vertical lines of lobed compartments, each 22 cm wide; there are 4 compartments per line and they are linked vertically by a narrow white and blue oval line. The floral decoration within each compartment is dominated by a pair of green horizontal scrolling frames and by dark red stems and a pair of vertical green V-shapes.
The spaces between these compartments ie. a central vertical line and a half line down both sides, are filled with floral motifs on dark red stems. Vertical dark red stems echo the V-shapes previously mentioned and green scrolling lines edged with white circles echo elements from the compartments.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; very dark red, red, dark pink, pink, dark yellow, yellow, purple, blue, light blue, white, black, dark orange.
Inset wool: red, orange, dark blue, purple, dark pink, turquoise, white, dark green.
Some black under drawing or printing is visible.
See also: 850-1877 for identical design and 842-1877 for similar piece.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | woollen yarn, silk thread, weaving, patchwork, embroidering, sewing. |
| Brief description | felted wool; patchwork, 1876, Persian |
| Physical description | Resht work, plain weave felted wool, patchwork, inlaid work, embroidered with silk in a variety of stitches predominantly chain stitch. Note: researchers may use the terms applique and tambour when searching for this category of textile even though they are incorrect. Very light brown ground with an undecorated border about 4 cm wide on all 4 sides. The decorative centre is delineated by a line of adjoining white circles. There are two vertical lines of lobed compartments, each 22 cm wide; there are 4 compartments per line and they are linked vertically by a narrow white and blue oval line. The floral decoration within each compartment is dominated by a pair of green horizontal scrolling frames and by dark red stems and a pair of vertical green V-shapes. The spaces between these compartments ie. a central vertical line and a half line down both sides, are filled with floral motifs on dark red stems. Vertical dark red stems echo the V-shapes previously mentioned and green scrolling lines edged with white circles echo elements from the compartments. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; very dark red, red, dark pink, pink, dark yellow, yellow, purple, blue, light blue, white, black, dark orange. Inset wool: red, orange, dark blue, purple, dark pink, turquoise, white, dark green. Some black under drawing or printing is visible. See also: 850-1877 for identical design and 842-1877 for similar piece. |
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| Object history | In 1877, Nasruddin Shah, the Qajar ruler of Iran, approved a donation of contemporary textiles and carpets to the South Kensington Museum. Organised via Robert Murdoch Smith and Qajar minister Emin al-Mulk, the donation consisted of 14 carpets and 60 other examples of textiles, and was directly intended to advertise Iran's textile industry to British consumers. The accompanying letter to the Museum's Lords of Committee outlined the strategy "We have no doubt whatever that the English Nation has always viewed our manufactures in a kind and friendly manner; and although the Persian Arts have not attained a high rank, nevertheless they have been viewed with a friendly eye and examined in a partial spirit. Such being the case, H.I.M. the Shah resolved that a small quantity of the produce of this country - manufactures by Persian workmen of the present day - should be presented to the said Museum." |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 846-1877 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2008 |
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