Dress Fabric
1800-1870 (made)
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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].
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
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| 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]. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.21:69-1955 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2008 |
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