Dress Fabric
1800-1850 (made)
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Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground .
Warp: light pink [or faded red] silk
Weft: mauve, white, green, light blue and red silk
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk.
Metal thread ground with a repeating pattern of two rows:
[1] a square 'vase' outlined in green decorated with small stylised flower heads in red, light blue and mauve from which emerges a large red flame multi-petalled flower head edged in white with a blue calyx. In between this row of red flower heads is an 8-petalled blue rosette with a red centre framed with a green leafy stem forming a heart-shaped vase with a neck from which emerges [2] a similar red flame multi-petalled flower surmounted by two small green leaves. In between each flower head a thin green leafy stem with two small tulip buds in red and blue edged in white curves over a small 8-petalled blue rosette with red centre. This is the smaller version of the design and therefore is similar to one of the sections which makes up Circ.376B-1922.
This is a loom end marked by a narrow band of red weft and along the lower edge.
Sized on the back. There are noticeable weaving faults.
Warp: light pink [or faded red] silk
Weft: mauve, white, green, light blue and red silk
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk.
Metal thread ground with a repeating pattern of two rows:
[1] a square 'vase' outlined in green decorated with small stylised flower heads in red, light blue and mauve from which emerges a large red flame multi-petalled flower head edged in white with a blue calyx. In between this row of red flower heads is an 8-petalled blue rosette with a red centre framed with a green leafy stem forming a heart-shaped vase with a neck from which emerges [2] a similar red flame multi-petalled flower surmounted by two small green leaves. In between each flower head a thin green leafy stem with two small tulip buds in red and blue edged in white curves over a small 8-petalled blue rosette with red centre. This is the smaller version of the design and therefore is similar to one of the sections which makes up Circ.376B-1922.
This is a loom end marked by a narrow band of red weft and along the lower edge.
Sized on the back. There are noticeable weaving faults.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, weaving |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric, woven silk with metal thread, dense pattern of red lotus flowers in foliate scrolls, Qajar Iran, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground . Warp: light pink [or faded red] silk Weft: mauve, white, green, light blue and red silk Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. Metal thread ground with a repeating pattern of two rows: [1] a square 'vase' outlined in green decorated with small stylised flower heads in red, light blue and mauve from which emerges a large red flame multi-petalled flower head edged in white with a blue calyx. In between this row of red flower heads is an 8-petalled blue rosette with a red centre framed with a green leafy stem forming a heart-shaped vase with a neck from which emerges [2] a similar red flame multi-petalled flower surmounted by two small green leaves. In between each flower head a thin green leafy stem with two small tulip buds in red and blue edged in white curves over a small 8-petalled blue rosette with red centre. This is the smaller version of the design and therefore is similar to one of the sections which makes up Circ.376B-1922. This is a loom end marked by a narrow band of red weft and along the lower edge. Sized on the back. There are noticeable weaving faults. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Published in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker (V&A Publishing, 2010) plate 32. Detail. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.376-1922 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2008 |
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