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1800-1860 (made)
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Resist dyed and block printed plain weave cotton, padded, backed with undecorated plain weave cotton, faced with bias-cut dark blue silk and quilted. Off-white silk thread has been used for most of the quilting but blue silk was used through the facing.
Colours: two shades of red, blue, brown, black.
The central decorative panel has an off-white ground with a central medallion consisting of eight lobed segments outlined in blue emerging from a central red multi-petalled flower head. Each segment contains a blue flowering stem. There is a diagonal cypress tree and vase in each corner with two pairs of birds. The rest of the ground is patterned with off-set bands of botehs and flowering stems.
There are four borders: the innermost is crowded with floral motifs; the main border has a floral meander with a blue stem and blossoms in red, brown and blue. The outer border is a repeat of the inner, and the outermost border has reciprocal trefoils in blue and white.
A narrow sleeve has been added on the back along the top and bottom, for display purposes.
Colours: two shades of red, blue, brown, black.
The central decorative panel has an off-white ground with a central medallion consisting of eight lobed segments outlined in blue emerging from a central red multi-petalled flower head. Each segment contains a blue flowering stem. There is a diagonal cypress tree and vase in each corner with two pairs of birds. The rest of the ground is patterned with off-set bands of botehs and flowering stems.
There are four borders: the innermost is crowded with floral motifs; the main border has a floral meander with a blue stem and blossoms in red, brown and blue. The outer border is a repeat of the inner, and the outermost border has reciprocal trefoils in blue and white.
A narrow sleeve has been added on the back along the top and bottom, for display purposes.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, sewing, quilting, dyeing, resist dyeing, block printing, painting. |
Brief description | printed cotton, 1800s, Indian |
Physical description | Resist dyed and block printed plain weave cotton, padded, backed with undecorated plain weave cotton, faced with bias-cut dark blue silk and quilted. Off-white silk thread has been used for most of the quilting but blue silk was used through the facing. Colours: two shades of red, blue, brown, black. The central decorative panel has an off-white ground with a central medallion consisting of eight lobed segments outlined in blue emerging from a central red multi-petalled flower head. Each segment contains a blue flowering stem. There is a diagonal cypress tree and vase in each corner with two pairs of birds. The rest of the ground is patterned with off-set bands of botehs and flowering stems. There are four borders: the innermost is crowded with floral motifs; the main border has a floral meander with a blue stem and blossoms in red, brown and blue. The outer border is a repeat of the inner, and the outermost border has reciprocal trefoils in blue and white. A narrow sleeve has been added on the back along the top and bottom, for display purposes. |
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Object history | Purchased for £1 from Debenham & Freebody, London. Original catalogue information says it was printed by Iranian craftsmen in Masulipatam, Madras, India for the Iranian market. |
Production | Made by Iranian craftsmen in Machilipatnam, Madras, South India |
Bibliographic reference | Published in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker (V&A Publishing, 2010) Plate 9 and detail of cotton backing in plate 103.. |
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Accession number | 657-1890 |
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Record created | April 8, 2008 |
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