Dress Fabric
1850-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silks.
Woven silk, satin ground, cut on the bias.
Warp: dark blue or possibly black, light blue, red, yellow silk, all Z-twist
Weft: red, pink, brown, green, light blue, yellow silk, all indeterminable twist
Striped pattern.
[1] dark blue or possibly black ground with a small floral element in two variations in red edged in blue with green leaves edged in yellow.
[2] yellow ground with a small floral element in red with green leaves edged in brown.
Each stripe is edged with a very narrow light blue, red and light blue borders.
Woven silk, satin ground, cut on the bias.
Warp: dark blue or possibly black, light blue, red, yellow silk, all Z-twist
Weft: red, pink, brown, green, light blue, yellow silk, all indeterminable twist
Striped pattern.
[1] dark blue or possibly black ground with a small floral element in two variations in red edged in blue with green leaves edged in yellow.
[2] yellow ground with a small floral element in red with green leaves edged in brown.
Each stripe is edged with a very narrow light blue, red and light blue borders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin woven with silks |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silks, Iran, 1850-1899 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silks. Woven silk, satin ground, cut on the bias. Warp: dark blue or possibly black, light blue, red, yellow silk, all Z-twist Weft: red, pink, brown, green, light blue, yellow silk, all indeterminable twist Striped pattern. [1] dark blue or possibly black ground with a small floral element in two variations in red edged in blue with green leaves edged in yellow. [2] yellow ground with a small floral element in red with green leaves edged in brown. Each stripe is edged with a very narrow light blue, red and light blue borders. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.21:59-1955 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2008 |
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