Dress Fabric
1800-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silk and metal threads. Satin ground, twill binding.
Warps: foundation warp is dark blue silk, Z-twist visible on the front and the binding warp is light pink silk indeterminable twist visible on the back.
Weft: silk: green, white, light blue and pink, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a white silk core and also on a cream or light yellow core, both indeterminable twist.
Dark blue ground with an incomplete design: there is a cypress tree in the lower left and a larger right-facing boteh down the right hand side. The ground is covered with small floral motifs. All the motifs are worked in metal thread with coloured details in the two main motifs.
Warps: foundation warp is dark blue silk, Z-twist visible on the front and the binding warp is light pink silk indeterminable twist visible on the back.
Weft: silk: green, white, light blue and pink, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a white silk core and also on a cream or light yellow core, both indeterminable twist.
Dark blue ground with an incomplete design: there is a cypress tree in the lower left and a larger right-facing boteh down the right hand side. The ground is covered with small floral motifs. All the motifs are worked in metal thread with coloured details in the two main motifs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin woven with silk and metal threads |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silk and metal threads, Iran, 1800-1899 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silk and metal threads. Satin ground, twill binding. Warps: foundation warp is dark blue silk, Z-twist visible on the front and the binding warp is light pink silk indeterminable twist visible on the back. Weft: silk: green, white, light blue and pink, all indeterminable twist. Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a white silk core and also on a cream or light yellow core, both indeterminable twist. Dark blue ground with an incomplete design: there is a cypress tree in the lower left and a larger right-facing boteh down the right hand side. The ground is covered with small floral motifs. All the motifs are worked in metal thread with coloured details in the two main motifs. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.21:50-1955 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2008 |
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