Textile Panel
1750-1775 (made)
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Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and cross stitch.
Yellow ground with a series of off-set quatrefoil shapes in blue with a faded pink lozenge centre or faded pink with a light blue lozenge centre in alternate rows. Each is framed by bifurcated bars in blue and formed by a small multi-coloured star form, so forming a broken lattice.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, faded pink, light pink, green, light blue, dark blue, blue, yellow, turquoise.
Yellow ground with a series of off-set quatrefoil shapes in blue with a faded pink lozenge centre or faded pink with a light blue lozenge centre in alternate rows. Each is framed by bifurcated bars in blue and formed by a small multi-coloured star form, so forming a broken lattice.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, faded pink, light pink, green, light blue, dark blue, blue, yellow, turquoise.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of quatrefoil medallions and crosses on yellow ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1750-1775 |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and cross stitch. Yellow ground with a series of off-set quatrefoil shapes in blue with a faded pink lozenge centre or faded pink with a light blue lozenge centre in alternate rows. Each is framed by bifurcated bars in blue and formed by a small multi-coloured star form, so forming a broken lattice. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, faded pink, light pink, green, light blue, dark blue, blue, yellow, turquoise. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | (ottoman tax stamp on the back of the embroidery.) |
| 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, usually in pale shades. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 215-1890 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2008 |
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