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1800-1880 (made)
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Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work; whitework.
Displayed behind glass.
There is a square of embroidery in each corner in the form of a square grid composed of pairs of diagonal lozenges in straight stitch. The border between these has 6 or 7 hexagons of pulled thread work creating holes; between the hexagons are converging diagonal lines of straight stitch forming triangles containing 4 small triangles forming a stepped flower and a pair of leaves. Above this border is a narrow band of zigzagging lozenges. This also appears below the border where it is edged with a line of crosses.
The pulled thread ground of the hexagons in repeated in the large central rectangular panel and in the irregularly shaped corner units from which a thick point extends into the field. It is also in the small diamond on a triangular base and stem which extends from mid-way along each side. All these elements are edged with reciprocal diamond-heads. The central and corner units have an additional inner border of reciprocal triangles on a pulled thread ground.
Displayed behind glass.
There is a square of embroidery in each corner in the form of a square grid composed of pairs of diagonal lozenges in straight stitch. The border between these has 6 or 7 hexagons of pulled thread work creating holes; between the hexagons are converging diagonal lines of straight stitch forming triangles containing 4 small triangles forming a stepped flower and a pair of leaves. Above this border is a narrow band of zigzagging lozenges. This also appears below the border where it is edged with a line of crosses.
The pulled thread ground of the hexagons in repeated in the large central rectangular panel and in the irregularly shaped corner units from which a thick point extends into the field. It is also in the small diamond on a triangular base and stem which extends from mid-way along each side. All these elements are edged with reciprocal diamond-heads. The central and corner units have an additional inner border of reciprocal triangles on a pulled thread ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, embroidering, whitework |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1700s, Persian; Whitework |
| Physical description | Plain weave cotton embroidered with silk in straight stitches and pulled thread work; whitework. Displayed behind glass. There is a square of embroidery in each corner in the form of a square grid composed of pairs of diagonal lozenges in straight stitch. The border between these has 6 or 7 hexagons of pulled thread work creating holes; between the hexagons are converging diagonal lines of straight stitch forming triangles containing 4 small triangles forming a stepped flower and a pair of leaves. Above this border is a narrow band of zigzagging lozenges. This also appears below the border where it is edged with a line of crosses. The pulled thread ground of the hexagons in repeated in the large central rectangular panel and in the irregularly shaped corner units from which a thick point extends into the field. It is also in the small diamond on a triangular base and stem which extends from mid-way along each side. All these elements are edged with reciprocal diamond-heads. The central and corner units have an additional inner border of reciprocal triangles on a pulled thread ground. |
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| Accession number | 933-1889 |
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| Record created | July 8, 2008 |
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