Dress Fabric
1800-1850 (made)
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Description: Dress fabric of woven silk satin brocaded with metal thread.
The selvedges are blue satin. There are two woven inscriptions, one within the black circles and a faint one on the green ground.
Loom end at the bottom. The green ground is woven with a pattern of curving stems and long, this leaves forming an elegant lattice on which composite blossoms and small pomegranates are placed. Some of the blossoms contain a nasta'liq inscription in Persian: 'Ebne Ghiath' (son of Ghiath). Details are woven in red [faded], black and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on s white silk core].
The selvedges are blue satin. There are two woven inscriptions, one within the black circles and a faint one on the green ground.
Loom end at the bottom. The green ground is woven with a pattern of curving stems and long, this leaves forming an elegant lattice on which composite blossoms and small pomegranates are placed. Some of the blossoms contain a nasta'liq inscription in Persian: 'Ebne Ghiath' (son of Ghiath). Details are woven in red [faded], black and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on s white silk core].
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, weaving |
| Brief description | Fragment of woven silk, 1800-1850, Iran |
| Physical description | Description: Dress fabric of woven silk satin brocaded with metal thread. The selvedges are blue satin. There are two woven inscriptions, one within the black circles and a faint one on the green ground. Loom end at the bottom. The green ground is woven with a pattern of curving stems and long, this leaves forming an elegant lattice on which composite blossoms and small pomegranates are placed. Some of the blossoms contain a nasta'liq inscription in Persian: 'Ebne Ghiath' (son of Ghiath). Details are woven in red [faded], black and metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on s white silk core]. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscriptions: [1] very faint woven one repeated on the green ground. It may read 'Fakhreddine [the pride of religion]but may be illegible. [2] woven in the black circles. 'Ibn Enayat'. A previous reading was 'Son of Giyath'. [3] ink stamp on the back - tax or custom stamp? [4] inscribed on the back in ink 'ei iv'.) |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker, V&A Publishing 2010 plate 28 page110 (large detail) and page 111 (whole). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 266-1896 |
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| Record created | October 8, 2008 |
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