Dress Fabric
1800-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric of silk and metal thread brocaded on a satin ground.
Warp: dark blue silk, Z twist
Weft: silk: red [faded] silk, and brown silk, both indeterminable twist; long weft floats on the back.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk core, S-twist.
Dark blue ground with offset rows of botehs and a dense background design of flowers and leaves. At the lower edge are the upper parts of five right facing botehs and above these are 4 and a partial left facing botehs. Each has a dark blue centre with a dense but delicate floral spray, infill worked in brocaded metal thread with details in red. This is surrounded by a solid band with a red ground and metal thread leafy pattern and the boteh is edged with metal thread protuberances.
Selvedge down right hand side. Evidence of stitching with magenta silk.
Warp: dark blue silk, Z twist
Weft: silk: red [faded] silk, and brown silk, both indeterminable twist; long weft floats on the back.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk core, S-twist.
Dark blue ground with offset rows of botehs and a dense background design of flowers and leaves. At the lower edge are the upper parts of five right facing botehs and above these are 4 and a partial left facing botehs. Each has a dark blue centre with a dense but delicate floral spray, infill worked in brocaded metal thread with details in red. This is surrounded by a solid band with a red ground and metal thread leafy pattern and the boteh is edged with metal thread protuberances.
Selvedge down right hand side. Evidence of stitching with magenta silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk satin with silk and metal threads |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk satin with silk and metal threads, Iran, 1800-1899 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of silk and metal thread brocaded on a satin ground. Warp: dark blue silk, Z twist Weft: silk: red [faded] silk, and brown silk, both indeterminable twist; long weft floats on the back. Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk core, S-twist. Dark blue ground with offset rows of botehs and a dense background design of flowers and leaves. At the lower edge are the upper parts of five right facing botehs and above these are 4 and a partial left facing botehs. Each has a dark blue centre with a dense but delicate floral spray, infill worked in brocaded metal thread with details in red. This is surrounded by a solid band with a red ground and metal thread leafy pattern and the boteh is edged with metal thread protuberances. Selvedge down right hand side. Evidence of stitching with magenta silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.21:48-1955 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2008 |
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