Dress Fabric
1800-1860 (made)
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Woven silk brocaded with silk and metal thread
Displayed behind glass.
Dark blue silk warp; dark blue silk ground weft.
Brocading wefts: green, pink and orange silk and silver strip S-wound on a white silk core.
Selvedge: one cord of plied white silk.
Dark blue ground with an unpatterned area at the bottom and then rows of a repeated motif: a bird with a large crest sitting on a short branch with a flower near the base and buds on top. There is a butterfly by the buds. There are 2 small cloud-like motifs between the birds on their branches. The birds alternate direction in alternate rows.
Displayed behind glass.
Dark blue silk warp; dark blue silk ground weft.
Brocading wefts: green, pink and orange silk and silver strip S-wound on a white silk core.
Selvedge: one cord of plied white silk.
Dark blue ground with an unpatterned area at the bottom and then rows of a repeated motif: a bird with a large crest sitting on a short branch with a flower near the base and buds on top. There is a butterfly by the buds. There are 2 small cloud-like motifs between the birds on their branches. The birds alternate direction in alternate rows.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing. |
| Brief description | brocaded, 1800-1860, Persian; Birds, flowers and butterflies |
| Physical description | Woven silk brocaded with silk and metal thread Displayed behind glass. Dark blue silk warp; dark blue silk ground weft. Brocading wefts: green, pink and orange silk and silver strip S-wound on a white silk core. Selvedge: one cord of plied white silk. Dark blue ground with an unpatterned area at the bottom and then rows of a repeated motif: a bird with a large crest sitting on a short branch with a flower near the base and buds on top. There is a butterfly by the buds. There are 2 small cloud-like motifs between the birds on their branches. The birds alternate direction in alternate rows. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1076-1900 |
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| Record created | July 8, 2008 |
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