Cover
1800-1860 (made)
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Description: Cover of woven silk and metal thread backed with roller printed cotton. Four vertical pieces of dress fabric sewn together to form a cover.
Dark blue satin ground divided by metal thread serrated leaves into an ogival lattice. The metal thread has largely worn away. It is silver strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core. Each compartment contains an oval-shaped spray with a central rosette and with buds. Pale green silk can be seen but any other colour has faded. Where pairs of leaves join there is a small flower head.
Where the textile has faded the yellow silk core for the metal thread is white.
Backing: pieced; striped cotton, red and white. The red stripes have a white pattern of daisies and stems and leaves. The white stripes have an isolated motif of a pink rose with trails of small red and yellow flowers and green leaves.
Dark blue satin ground divided by metal thread serrated leaves into an ogival lattice. The metal thread has largely worn away. It is silver strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core. Each compartment contains an oval-shaped spray with a central rosette and with buds. Pale green silk can be seen but any other colour has faded. Where pairs of leaves join there is a small flower head.
Where the textile has faded the yellow silk core for the metal thread is white.
Backing: pieced; striped cotton, red and white. The red stripes have a white pattern of daisies and stems and leaves. The white stripes have an isolated motif of a pink rose with trails of small red and yellow flowers and green leaves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, metal thread, weaving, sewing |
| Brief description | woven silk, 1800s, Persian; Flowers |
| Physical description | Description: Cover of woven silk and metal thread backed with roller printed cotton. Four vertical pieces of dress fabric sewn together to form a cover. Dark blue satin ground divided by metal thread serrated leaves into an ogival lattice. The metal thread has largely worn away. It is silver strip close S-wound on a yellow silk core. Each compartment contains an oval-shaped spray with a central rosette and with buds. Pale green silk can be seen but any other colour has faded. Where pairs of leaves join there is a small flower head. Where the textile has faded the yellow silk core for the metal thread is white. Backing: pieced; striped cotton, red and white. The red stripes have a white pattern of daisies and stems and leaves. The white stripes have an isolated motif of a pink rose with trails of small red and yellow flowers and green leaves. |
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| Production | the backing is European. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker, V&A Publishing 2010 plate 21 page 104 (detail). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 55-1898 |
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| Record created | October 8, 2008 |
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