Dress Fabric
1800-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric of woven wool, twill binding.
Very fine fabric patterned with a series of four very narrow stripes.
[1] light brown/pink ground with small isolated geometric shape with an S-direction, so it appears to be a meander, in yellow and white with a dark blue centre.
[2] white ground with a dark blue meander bearing blue leaf forms and a light brown/pink rosette.
[3] dark blue ground with a small light brown/pink lozenge edged in white with yellow and white details.
[4] repeat of [2]
Warp: light brown/pink, white, dark blue wool, all S-twist.
Weft: white, light brown/pink, dark blue, yellow wool, all S-twist.
Very fine fabric patterned with a series of four very narrow stripes.
[1] light brown/pink ground with small isolated geometric shape with an S-direction, so it appears to be a meander, in yellow and white with a dark blue centre.
[2] white ground with a dark blue meander bearing blue leaf forms and a light brown/pink rosette.
[3] dark blue ground with a small light brown/pink lozenge edged in white with yellow and white details.
[4] repeat of [2]
Warp: light brown/pink, white, dark blue wool, all S-twist.
Weft: white, light brown/pink, dark blue, yellow wool, all S-twist.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Wool |
Brief description | Dress fabric of woven wool, Iran, 1800-1899 |
Physical description | Dress fabric of woven wool, twill binding. Very fine fabric patterned with a series of four very narrow stripes. [1] light brown/pink ground with small isolated geometric shape with an S-direction, so it appears to be a meander, in yellow and white with a dark blue centre. [2] white ground with a dark blue meander bearing blue leaf forms and a light brown/pink rosette. [3] dark blue ground with a small light brown/pink lozenge edged in white with yellow and white details. [4] repeat of [2] Warp: light brown/pink, white, dark blue wool, all S-twist. Weft: white, light brown/pink, dark blue, yellow wool, all S-twist. |
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Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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Accession number | T.21:124-1955 |
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Record created | May 7, 2008 |
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