Textile Panel
1675-1700 (made)
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Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in cross stitch. The design has been dyed onto the ground using a resist and indigo.
Black ground with part of a large red medallion outlined in white containing stylised plants and leaves within an irregular octagon, all edged in black; one leaf has been left incomplete.
The border has a red ground with Z-motifs in blue or yellow edged in black.
There is an area where the black cross stitch has been replaced with surface darning [probably a repair]; this may indicate that surface darning is a later technique.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, white, yellow, blue, red, green and light brown.
Black ground with part of a large red medallion outlined in white containing stylised plants and leaves within an irregular octagon, all edged in black; one leaf has been left incomplete.
The border has a red ground with Z-motifs in blue or yellow edged in black.
There is an area where the black cross stitch has been replaced with surface darning [probably a repair]; this may indicate that surface darning is a later technique.
Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, white, yellow, blue, red, green and light brown.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, resist-dyeing |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Panel fragment, silk-embroidered cotton, design of octagon on black ground with corner border on two sides, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1675-1700 |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in cross stitch. The design has been dyed onto the ground using a resist and indigo. Black ground with part of a large red medallion outlined in white containing stylised plants and leaves within an irregular octagon, all edged in black; one leaf has been left incomplete. The border has a red ground with Z-motifs in blue or yellow edged in black. There is an area where the black cross stitch has been replaced with surface darning [probably a repair]; this may indicate that surface darning is a later technique. Embroidery threads: 2S silk; black, white, yellow, blue, red, green and light brown. |
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| Bibliographic reference | This embroidery belongs to Group 1 as defined by Jennifer Wearden in 'Azerbaijanian Embroideries: A Synthesis of Contrasts' in Hali Issue 59, October 1991 pp. 102-111. Group 1 textiles are characterised by cross stitch embroidery in a dark, strong palette. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.566-1927 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2008 |
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