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Textile Panel

1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plain weave silk embroidered with silk in split stitch and laid and couched work. There is a seam down the left hand half and a horizontal seam across the piece, just above its centre, which were made before being embroidered. Along the bottom are three trees and many heavily stylized floral motifs, two blue animals and, to the right, what look like a human head with a red turban and green kula. Above are two standing male figures each with a bow and arrow in his right hand. Above this are four seated male figures: that on the left has a sword in a scabbard, in the centre is a servant who seems to have only one arm, then a cross-legged figure, and finally, on the right, another seemingly one-armed servant holding a bowl of sweets or fruit. Above are two more blue animals, three trees and along the upper edge are two pairs of feet and legs belonging to standing figures - this is probably a repeat of the lowest band. The design is based on Safavid textiles.
Colours (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): dark brown, white, yellow, red, light green, blue, brown, light blue.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk thread, weaving, embroidering, sewing
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Panel, couched silk, embroidered, depicting human figures, Kaitag region, Dagestan, 1770-1780
Physical description
Plain weave silk embroidered with silk in split stitch and laid and couched work. There is a seam down the left hand half and a horizontal seam across the piece, just above its centre, which were made before being embroidered. Along the bottom are three trees and many heavily stylized floral motifs, two blue animals and, to the right, what look like a human head with a red turban and green kula. Above are two standing male figures each with a bow and arrow in his right hand. Above this are four seated male figures: that on the left has a sword in a scabbard, in the centre is a servant who seems to have only one arm, then a cross-legged figure, and finally, on the right, another seemingly one-armed servant holding a bowl of sweets or fruit. Above are two more blue animals, three trees and along the upper edge are two pairs of feet and legs belonging to standing figures - this is probably a repeat of the lowest band. The design is based on Safavid textiles.
Colours (Embroidery threads, 2S silk): dark brown, white, yellow, red, light green, blue, brown, light blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1020mm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Width: 610mm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Width of silk selvedge to selvedge width: 405 - 410mm
Style
Gallery label
Persian, 17th or 18th Century. Silk embroidery on silk cloth: split stitch and laid and couched work. 1206-1905(20th Century)
Object history
Possibly Daghestan

Purchased for £15 from E. Hindamian, 104 Oxford Street, London.
Collection
Accession number
1206-1905

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Record createdJuly 15, 2008
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