Dress Fabric
1800-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric of brocaded silk and metal threads, plain weave ground.
Warp: dark blue silk indeterminable twist.
Weft: pink silk S-twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core, Z-twist.
Dark blue ground with a boteh pattern: two complete right-facing botehs with partial left-facing ones above and below in offset rows. The floral elements in each boteh are in metal thread outlined in pink. The two side edges have been turned under.
Warp: dark blue silk indeterminable twist.
Weft: pink silk S-twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core, Z-twist.
Dark blue ground with a boteh pattern: two complete right-facing botehs with partial left-facing ones above and below in offset rows. The floral elements in each boteh are in metal thread outlined in pink. The two side edges have been turned under.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk and metal threads |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk and metal threads, Iran, 1800-1899 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk and metal threads, plain weave ground. Warp: dark blue silk indeterminable twist. Weft: pink silk S-twist. Metal thread: silver-gilt strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core, Z-twist. Dark blue ground with a boteh pattern: two complete right-facing botehs with partial left-facing ones above and below in offset rows. The floral elements in each boteh are in metal thread outlined in pink. The two side edges have been turned under. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.21:51-1955 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2008 |
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