Dress Fabric
1850-1899 (made)
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Dress fabric, silk satin.
Displayed behind glass.
Warp: dark blue, blue, red, yellow, green, purple and white silk.
Weft: blue, yellow, black, pink silk.
Selvedge: single cotton cord S-spun.
Striped 8 shaft satin. The patterned stripes are separated by three narrow stripes:
[1] red ground with dark trefoil sprig alternating with 3 blue edged flowers on a leafy stem;
[2] blue ground with what seems to be a cartouche with a flower alternating with a pair of black motifs outlined in yellow;
[3] mauve ground with pattern from [1];
[4] yellow ground with pattern from [1];
[5] red ground with what looks like an upward pointing bunch of grapes and the trefoil sprig;
[6] blue ground with pattern from [5];
[7] as [3];
[8] pale ground with pattern from [5];
[9] red ground with pattern from [2];
[10] green ground with pattern from [5];
[11] mauve ground with pattern from [1];
[12] yellow ground with pattern from [2].
Displayed behind glass.
Warp: dark blue, blue, red, yellow, green, purple and white silk.
Weft: blue, yellow, black, pink silk.
Selvedge: single cotton cord S-spun.
Striped 8 shaft satin. The patterned stripes are separated by three narrow stripes:
[1] red ground with dark trefoil sprig alternating with 3 blue edged flowers on a leafy stem;
[2] blue ground with what seems to be a cartouche with a flower alternating with a pair of black motifs outlined in yellow;
[3] mauve ground with pattern from [1];
[4] yellow ground with pattern from [1];
[5] red ground with what looks like an upward pointing bunch of grapes and the trefoil sprig;
[6] blue ground with pattern from [5];
[7] as [3];
[8] pale ground with pattern from [5];
[9] red ground with pattern from [2];
[10] green ground with pattern from [5];
[11] mauve ground with pattern from [1];
[12] yellow ground with pattern from [2].
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving |
| Brief description | Fragments of dress fabric with silk threads, Iran, 19th century |
| Physical description | Dress fabric, silk satin. Displayed behind glass. Warp: dark blue, blue, red, yellow, green, purple and white silk. Weft: blue, yellow, black, pink silk. Selvedge: single cotton cord S-spun. Striped 8 shaft satin. The patterned stripes are separated by three narrow stripes: [1] red ground with dark trefoil sprig alternating with 3 blue edged flowers on a leafy stem; [2] blue ground with what seems to be a cartouche with a flower alternating with a pair of black motifs outlined in yellow; [3] mauve ground with pattern from [1]; [4] yellow ground with pattern from [1]; [5] red ground with what looks like an upward pointing bunch of grapes and the trefoil sprig; [6] blue ground with pattern from [5]; [7] as [3]; [8] pale ground with pattern from [5]; [9] red ground with pattern from [2]; [10] green ground with pattern from [5]; [11] mauve ground with pattern from [1]; [12] yellow ground with pattern from [2]. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.88-1922 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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