Textile Panel
1770-1800 (made)
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Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning and surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch,.
Off-white ground covered with a regularly repeating pattern of red ground octagons, blue ground octagons and yellow diamonds arranged in a grid to form diagonal lines of the same motif. Between adjacent motifs are blue lozenges containing a yellow S-motif.
The border has a blue ground with two alternating motifs: a yellow lozenge with an S-motif and a smaller horizontal lozenge inside and a white star with 2 red and 2 white curved 'arms' forming a circle.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; blue, light blue, yellow, green, red, greenish-brown, light blue-green, off-white, black [outlines].
A facing of beige silk has been added during conservation. .
Off-white ground covered with a regularly repeating pattern of red ground octagons, blue ground octagons and yellow diamonds arranged in a grid to form diagonal lines of the same motif. Between adjacent motifs are blue lozenges containing a yellow S-motif.
The border has a blue ground with two alternating motifs: a yellow lozenge with an S-motif and a smaller horizontal lozenge inside and a white star with 2 red and 2 white curved 'arms' forming a circle.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; blue, light blue, yellow, green, red, greenish-brown, light blue-green, off-white, black [outlines].
A facing of beige silk has been added during conservation. .
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of octagons and diamonds on cream ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1775-1800 |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning and surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch,. Off-white ground covered with a regularly repeating pattern of red ground octagons, blue ground octagons and yellow diamonds arranged in a grid to form diagonal lines of the same motif. Between adjacent motifs are blue lozenges containing a yellow S-motif. The border has a blue ground with two alternating motifs: a yellow lozenge with an S-motif and a smaller horizontal lozenge inside and a white star with 2 red and 2 white curved 'arms' forming a circle. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; blue, light blue, yellow, green, red, greenish-brown, light blue-green, off-white, black [outlines]. A facing of beige silk has been added during conservation. . |
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| 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 | 1022-1898 |
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| Record created | April 9, 2008 |
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