Dress
1860-1890 (made)
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Note: this description is for the patterned fabric only and not for the garment.
Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry; pieced.
One red selvedge with two yellow warp threads is visible along the right hand side of the bodice. Green ground with a diagonal meander travelling from the lower right to the upper left. It has a red stem with branches and blue details and is outlined in orange. However the dense and complex design is best described in bands:
[1] left facing upright botehs with a central white ground and a simple spray of red and blue flowers and green leaves. Slightly above the boteh is a right facing diagonal boteh with a red centre and three blue flowers.
[2] an upright right facing boteh with a green centre and, to the side and slightly above it is a left facing boteh with a black ground edged in red with two flowers and a carnation on a horizontal line.
[3] the meander branches which curl to the right and terminate in a dark red flower head, those which curl to the left end in a composite spray of predominantly dark red and white flowers and a downward pointing yellow boteh.
There are many details including a narrow subsidiary stem in purple edged in yellow which travels diagonally from lower left to upper right.
Warp: green wool
Weft: white, yellow, orange, green, purple, red and blue wool; all S-twist; pink wool, Z-twist; black and violet wool, indeterminable twist.
Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry; pieced.
One red selvedge with two yellow warp threads is visible along the right hand side of the bodice. Green ground with a diagonal meander travelling from the lower right to the upper left. It has a red stem with branches and blue details and is outlined in orange. However the dense and complex design is best described in bands:
[1] left facing upright botehs with a central white ground and a simple spray of red and blue flowers and green leaves. Slightly above the boteh is a right facing diagonal boteh with a red centre and three blue flowers.
[2] an upright right facing boteh with a green centre and, to the side and slightly above it is a left facing boteh with a black ground edged in red with two flowers and a carnation on a horizontal line.
[3] the meander branches which curl to the right and terminate in a dark red flower head, those which curl to the left end in a composite spray of predominantly dark red and white flowers and a downward pointing yellow boteh.
There are many details including a narrow subsidiary stem in purple edged in yellow which travels diagonally from lower left to upper right.
Warp: green wool
Weft: white, yellow, orange, green, purple, red and blue wool; all S-twist; pink wool, Z-twist; black and violet wool, indeterminable twist.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven wool |
| Brief description | Dress of woven wool, fabric made in Iran, Great Britain, 1860-1890 |
| Physical description | Note: this description is for the patterned fabric only and not for the garment. Tapestry woven wool, twill tapestry; pieced. One red selvedge with two yellow warp threads is visible along the right hand side of the bodice. Green ground with a diagonal meander travelling from the lower right to the upper left. It has a red stem with branches and blue details and is outlined in orange. However the dense and complex design is best described in bands: [1] left facing upright botehs with a central white ground and a simple spray of red and blue flowers and green leaves. Slightly above the boteh is a right facing diagonal boteh with a red centre and three blue flowers. [2] an upright right facing boteh with a green centre and, to the side and slightly above it is a left facing boteh with a black ground edged in red with two flowers and a carnation on a horizontal line. [3] the meander branches which curl to the right and terminate in a dark red flower head, those which curl to the left end in a composite spray of predominantly dark red and white flowers and a downward pointing yellow boteh. There are many details including a narrow subsidiary stem in purple edged in yellow which travels diagonally from lower left to upper right. Warp: green wool Weft: white, yellow, orange, green, purple, red and blue wool; all S-twist; pink wool, Z-twist; black and violet wool, indeterminable twist. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (embroidered with silk in naskh script; on the front lower skirt near the centre seam.)
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| Credit line | Given by Mr A. Rix |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifr Wearden and Patricia L Baker, V&A Publishing, 2010 fig. 36 page 52 (detail of fabric and embroidered maker's mark) |
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| Accession number | T.211-1976 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2008 |
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