Dress Fabric
1800-1860 (made)
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Dress fabric of brocaded silk satin and metal thread.
Woven and brocaded silk, satin ground, twill binding.
Warp: blue silk, indeterminable twist.
Weft: silk: blue, green, dark pink, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open and close S-wound on a yellow silk core, indeterminable twist.
Deep blue ground with four rows, almost offset, of an isolated composite motif of an elongated trefoil leaf in yellow/silver thread edged in deep pink. At the top three small leaves point upwards towards a small trefoil, while the main leaf points down into an indeterminable shaped edged with green silk with a U-shaped design to one side. The motif's direction changes in alternate rows.
Woven and brocaded silk, satin ground, twill binding.
Warp: blue silk, indeterminable twist.
Weft: silk: blue, green, dark pink, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open and close S-wound on a yellow silk core, indeterminable twist.
Deep blue ground with four rows, almost offset, of an isolated composite motif of an elongated trefoil leaf in yellow/silver thread edged in deep pink. At the top three small leaves point upwards towards a small trefoil, while the main leaf points down into an indeterminable shaped edged with green silk with a U-shaped design to one side. The motif's direction changes in alternate rows.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk satin and metal thread |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Dress fabric of brocaded silk satin and metal thread, Iran, 1800-1860 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk satin and metal thread. Woven and brocaded silk, satin ground, twill binding. Warp: blue silk, indeterminable twist. Weft: silk: blue, green, dark pink, all indeterminable twist. Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open and close S-wound on a yellow silk core, indeterminable twist. Deep blue ground with four rows, almost offset, of an isolated composite motif of an elongated trefoil leaf in yellow/silver thread edged in deep pink. At the top three small leaves point upwards towards a small trefoil, while the main leaf points down into an indeterminable shaped edged with green silk with a U-shaped design to one side. The motif's direction changes in alternate rows. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.21:97-1955 |
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| Record created | May 7, 2008 |
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