Dress Fabric
1800-1870 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Dress fabric of silk and metal thread.
Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground.
There are seven pieces joined together, four of which are described as [a] and three of which are described as [b].
[a] metal thread ground with a small ogival lattice in white decorated with small red and green leaves. In the centre of each compartment is a flower spray with green stems and leaves and red flowers.
Warp: pink silk,
Weft: white, pink and green silk.
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk.
[b] Very similar to the pattern described above but the central flower of each spray is edged with more white and has details in blue.
Warp: pink silk,
Weft: white, pink, blue and green silk, metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk.
Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground.
There are seven pieces joined together, four of which are described as [a] and three of which are described as [b].
[a] metal thread ground with a small ogival lattice in white decorated with small red and green leaves. In the centre of each compartment is a flower spray with green stems and leaves and red flowers.
Warp: pink silk,
Weft: white, pink and green silk.
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk.
[b] Very similar to the pattern described above but the central flower of each spray is edged with more white and has details in blue.
Warp: pink silk,
Weft: white, pink, blue and green silk, metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk and metal thread |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of silk and metal thread, Iran, 1800-1870 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of silk and metal thread. Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground. There are seven pieces joined together, four of which are described as [a] and three of which are described as [b]. [a] metal thread ground with a small ogival lattice in white decorated with small red and green leaves. In the centre of each compartment is a flower spray with green stems and leaves and red flowers. Warp: pink silk, Weft: white, pink and green silk. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. [b] Very similar to the pattern described above but the central flower of each spray is edged with more white and has details in blue. Warp: pink silk, Weft: white, pink, blue and green silk, metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.21:74-1955 |
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| Record created | May 7, 2008 |
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