Silk Panel
1800-1890 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Woven silk and metal thread, satin ground with twill binding
Warp: white silk, indeterminable twist
Weft: dark green silk
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close and open S-wound on yellow silk core.
A combination of stripes and bands creating a white ground chequered pattern each box of which contains a flowering plant with two blossoms, some buds and angular leaves in metal thread with touches of dark green. The direction of the plant changes in alternate rows. The stripes and bands are filled with a floral spray with a central flower, while the junction squares contain a large flower head. The stripes and bands are edged in metal thread.
The selvedge contains pink, red and blue warp threads.
Warp: white silk, indeterminable twist
Weft: dark green silk
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close and open S-wound on yellow silk core.
A combination of stripes and bands creating a white ground chequered pattern each box of which contains a flowering plant with two blossoms, some buds and angular leaves in metal thread with touches of dark green. The direction of the plant changes in alternate rows. The stripes and bands are filled with a floral spray with a central flower, while the junction squares contain a large flower head. The stripes and bands are edged in metal thread.
The selvedge contains pink, red and blue warp threads.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, weaving |
| Brief description | 1800s, Persian; Flowers in squares |
| Physical description | Woven silk and metal thread, satin ground with twill binding Warp: white silk, indeterminable twist Weft: dark green silk Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close and open S-wound on yellow silk core. A combination of stripes and bands creating a white ground chequered pattern each box of which contains a flowering plant with two blossoms, some buds and angular leaves in metal thread with touches of dark green. The direction of the plant changes in alternate rows. The stripes and bands are filled with a floral spray with a central flower, while the junction squares contain a large flower head. The stripes and bands are edged in metal thread. The selvedge contains pink, red and blue warp threads. |
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| Gallery label | Persian, 19th Centuryh.
Silk tissue: 8 shaft satin ground; tissue wefts occassionally bound in twill effect.
1 ground warp, 1 ground weft, 1 pattern weft.
Selvage: tabby, edge stripe in blue, green, red.
Warp: silk, light mauve. Wefts: ground: silk, light mauve; pattern: silk, dark green, gilt metal strip on a yellow silk core.
483-1896(20th Century) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 483-1896 |
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| Record created | April 8, 2008 |
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