Textile Panel
1750-1800 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch with a backing of plain weave cotton; the edges are bound with plain weave cotton.
This has probably been cut along all four sides as there is no border.
Blue ground. The design is not centralized; it consists of elongated hexagonal [pointed cartouches] and large and small 8-pointed stars arranged as a grid so that three complete rows are formed.
Left and Right: part of a small star with pink ground and white border; a dark green ground vertical hexagon with orange outlined; a star; a hexagon; a star; part of a hexagon.
Centre: part of a yellow ground horizontal hexagon with beige outline; large faded pink star with white outline; hexagon; star; hexagon; part of a star.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; orange, dark red, black, beige, white, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, light blue.
Backing: blue cotton.
Binding: red cotton; this seems to be a double layer which is faded in places and also worn into holes in places.
There are four green silk twill loops added along the top edge.
This has probably been cut along all four sides as there is no border.
Blue ground. The design is not centralized; it consists of elongated hexagonal [pointed cartouches] and large and small 8-pointed stars arranged as a grid so that three complete rows are formed.
Left and Right: part of a small star with pink ground and white border; a dark green ground vertical hexagon with orange outlined; a star; a hexagon; a star; part of a hexagon.
Centre: part of a yellow ground horizontal hexagon with beige outline; large faded pink star with white outline; hexagon; star; hexagon; part of a star.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; orange, dark red, black, beige, white, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, light blue.
Backing: blue cotton.
Binding: red cotton; this seems to be a double layer which is faded in places and also worn into holes in places.
There are four green silk twill loops added along the top edge.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, grid pattern of eight-pointed stars, smaller stars and lozenge cartouches on dark blue ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1750-1800 |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch with a backing of plain weave cotton; the edges are bound with plain weave cotton. This has probably been cut along all four sides as there is no border. Blue ground. The design is not centralized; it consists of elongated hexagonal [pointed cartouches] and large and small 8-pointed stars arranged as a grid so that three complete rows are formed. Left and Right: part of a small star with pink ground and white border; a dark green ground vertical hexagon with orange outlined; a star; a hexagon; a star; part of a hexagon. Centre: part of a yellow ground horizontal hexagon with beige outline; large faded pink star with white outline; hexagon; star; hexagon; part of a star. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; orange, dark red, black, beige, white, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, light blue. Backing: blue cotton. Binding: red cotton; this seems to be a double layer which is faded in places and also worn into holes in places. There are four green silk twill loops added along the top edge. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscription: black ink stamp on the backing in the top right hand corner: an ottoman tax stamp.) |
| Bibliographic reference | This embroidery belongs to Group 3 as defined by Jennifer Wearden in 'Azerbaijanian Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts' in Hali Issue 59, October 1991 pp. 102-111. Group 3 textiles are characterised by surface darning on the diagonal. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 214-1890 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2008 |
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