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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, backed with plain weave silk. Pale cream ground with a grid-like pattern of repeated motifs all outlined in black blocks; minor details are outlined in black lines. The three motifs are:
[1] an indented octagon in red or light blue containing a central octagon and eight blossoms.
[2] an indented blue lozenge containing a small pale ground cartouche and two blossoms.
[3] a diagonal green or yellow ground hexagon containing a pink or blue fat S-shape extending into stylised leaves. Angular brackets are attached to the two long sides of the hexagon.
The red indented octagon is in the centre of the cover; above and below are horizontal versions of motif [2] and then partial red octagons. To either side of this central row are light blue indented octagons alternating with vertical versions of [2]. Along either side are partial repeats of the central row.
The border has a blue ground with linked alternating motifs: elongated cartouche in light blue or yellow and roundel with a pale ground. The roundel appears in each corner and appears as a pair in the middle of each side.
Colours (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): black, blue, light blue, light red, greenish-brown, yellow, light green, green, white, light pink, light orange; (Backing): blue silk.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, packed design of lobed medallions and cartouches on cream ground, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, possibly 1750-1800
Physical description
Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch, backed with plain weave silk. Pale cream ground with a grid-like pattern of repeated motifs all outlined in black blocks; minor details are outlined in black lines. The three motifs are:
[1] an indented octagon in red or light blue containing a central octagon and eight blossoms.
[2] an indented blue lozenge containing a small pale ground cartouche and two blossoms.
[3] a diagonal green or yellow ground hexagon containing a pink or blue fat S-shape extending into stylised leaves. Angular brackets are attached to the two long sides of the hexagon.
The red indented octagon is in the centre of the cover; above and below are horizontal versions of motif [2] and then partial red octagons. To either side of this central row are light blue indented octagons alternating with vertical versions of [2]. Along either side are partial repeats of the central row.
The border has a blue ground with linked alternating motifs: elongated cartouche in light blue or yellow and roundel with a pale ground. The roundel appears in each corner and appears as a pair in the middle of each side.
Colours (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): black, blue, light blue, light red, greenish-brown, yellow, light green, green, white, light pink, light orange; (Backing): blue silk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 835mm
  • Width: 915mm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Label: printed paper label sewn on to the back: 'International Exhibition of Persian Art, London, 1931 No. V.57')
Object history
Purchased for £13 9s. 9d. from Vitall Benguiat, 11 Savile Row, London.
Bibliographic references
  • Persian Art. An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Persian Art at Burlington House London 1931 (London: 1931) p.85: Cat.no.828E.
  • Jennifer Wearden, 'Azerbaijan Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts, Hali 59 (October 1991) pp.102-111: Fig.16.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Textiles, Brief Guide to the Persian Embroideries (London: Board of Education, 1929) pl.VIII.
Collection
Accession number
459-1899

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Record createdApril 9, 2008
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