Not on display

Dress Fabric

1800-1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of silk satin.

Woven silk, satin ground, cut on the bias.
Warp: grey silk, possibly Z-twist.
Weft: silk, green, light blue, orange faded to yellow, red, all indeterminable twist.
Dark grey ground with a small repeating pattern. Ogival lattice formed by a broken green line edged in orange [faded to yellow] with either a simple four-petalled rosette or a horizontal bar at the junctions. Within the lattice there is either a red blossom with upward turning green leaves or [in alternate rows] a six-petalled rosette in light blue with a green centre. All edged in orange [faded to yellow].

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk satin
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of silk satin, Iran, 1800-1870
Physical description
Dress fabric of silk satin.

Woven silk, satin ground, cut on the bias.
Warp: grey silk, possibly Z-twist.
Weft: silk, green, light blue, orange faded to yellow, red, all indeterminable twist.
Dark grey ground with a small repeating pattern. Ogival lattice formed by a broken green line edged in orange [faded to yellow] with either a simple four-petalled rosette or a horizontal bar at the junctions. Within the lattice there is either a red blossom with upward turning green leaves or [in alternate rows] a six-petalled rosette in light blue with a green centre. All edged in orange [faded to yellow].
Dimensions
  • Length: 19cm (maximum)
  • Width: 19cm (maximum)
Credit line
Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
T.21:69-1955

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Record createdApril 30, 2008
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