Cover
1870-1899 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Resist dyed, block printed and painted plain weave cotton, probably machine woven.
The central panel is edged in red and has an off-white ground with a simple flowering stem in light blue and red. There are four lines of calligraphy reserved in white on yellow. This panel is framed by a floral meander in blacking bearing blue and red flowers with blue leaves. This border also frames the corner squares and a series of rectangles. The corner squares are red with a central black ground rosette with the inscription reserved in cream. There is another rectangular panel across the top and bottom with a three line inscription in white on black with a rosette in the lower right hand corner. The one across the top lacks the rosette. Either side of these rectangles is a vertical panel containing two red and light blue flower heads on a purple ground.
Two pieces have been sewn together to form the length: there is a neat seam along the length of the cover between the cream central panel and the border. The cotton fabric was joined together before it was printed.
Colours: red, light blue, light yellow, purple, black.
The printing is not particularly high quality.
The central panel is edged in red and has an off-white ground with a simple flowering stem in light blue and red. There are four lines of calligraphy reserved in white on yellow. This panel is framed by a floral meander in blacking bearing blue and red flowers with blue leaves. This border also frames the corner squares and a series of rectangles. The corner squares are red with a central black ground rosette with the inscription reserved in cream. There is another rectangular panel across the top and bottom with a three line inscription in white on black with a rosette in the lower right hand corner. The one across the top lacks the rosette. Either side of these rectangles is a vertical panel containing two red and light blue flower heads on a purple ground.
Two pieces have been sewn together to form the length: there is a neat seam along the length of the cover between the cream central panel and the border. The cotton fabric was joined together before it was printed.
Colours: red, light blue, light yellow, purple, black.
The printing is not particularly high quality.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, weaving, sewing, resist dyeing, block printing, painting. |
| Brief description | A cover, felted wool, Rasht, Iran, second half-19th century |
| Physical description | Resist dyed, block printed and painted plain weave cotton, probably machine woven. The central panel is edged in red and has an off-white ground with a simple flowering stem in light blue and red. There are four lines of calligraphy reserved in white on yellow. This panel is framed by a floral meander in blacking bearing blue and red flowers with blue leaves. This border also frames the corner squares and a series of rectangles. The corner squares are red with a central black ground rosette with the inscription reserved in cream. There is another rectangular panel across the top and bottom with a three line inscription in white on black with a rosette in the lower right hand corner. The one across the top lacks the rosette. Either side of these rectangles is a vertical panel containing two red and light blue flower heads on a purple ground. Two pieces have been sewn together to form the length: there is a neat seam along the length of the cover between the cream central panel and the border. The cotton fabric was joined together before it was printed. Colours: red, light blue, light yellow, purple, black. The printing is not particularly high quality. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | ([a] Painted inscription forming part of the design. Nastaliq script.
[b] cloth label sewn onto the lower right hand corner with ink inscription 'D8963' and '16/')
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| Object history | Lent by Lt. Colonel Croft-Lyons and later bequeathed by him. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.157-1926 |
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| Record created | August 6, 2008 |
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