Dress Fabric
1600-1799 (made)
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Dress fabric of silk and metal thread.
Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground and binding.
Warp: red silk, Z twist.
Weft: red, white, dark green and light blue, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk, indeterminable twist.
Series of horizontal bands which metal thread ground which may originally have been part of the border design on a larger object.
From the bottom up:
[1] incomplete; three dark green rectangles
[2] dark green spot alternating with a red spot
[3] white 4-petalled flower-head between elongated dark green leaves
[4] as [2]
[5] deeper band with red flower, 2 pairs of dark green leaves and 2 light blue flowers
[6] red cross alternating with dark green geometric motif.
Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground and binding.
Warp: red silk, Z twist.
Weft: red, white, dark green and light blue, all indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk, indeterminable twist.
Series of horizontal bands which metal thread ground which may originally have been part of the border design on a larger object.
From the bottom up:
[1] incomplete; three dark green rectangles
[2] dark green spot alternating with a red spot
[3] white 4-petalled flower-head between elongated dark green leaves
[4] as [2]
[5] deeper band with red flower, 2 pairs of dark green leaves and 2 light blue flowers
[6] red cross alternating with dark green geometric motif.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk and metal thread |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of silk and metal thread, Iran, 1600-1799 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of silk and metal thread. Woven silk and metal thread, plain weave ground and binding. Warp: red silk, Z twist. Weft: red, white, dark green and light blue, all indeterminable twist. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk, indeterminable twist. Series of horizontal bands which metal thread ground which may originally have been part of the border design on a larger object. From the bottom up: [1] incomplete; three dark green rectangles [2] dark green spot alternating with a red spot [3] white 4-petalled flower-head between elongated dark green leaves [4] as [2] [5] deeper band with red flower, 2 pairs of dark green leaves and 2 light blue flowers [6] red cross alternating with dark green geometric motif. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
| Production | possible date |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.21:102-1955 |
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| Record created | May 7, 2008 |
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