Woven Silk Panel
1800-1850 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The faded apricot satin silk ground is woven in blue, green and brown silk with alternating rows of parrots perched on small, flowering bushes, each row with a mirror image of the next. The top of the fabric is from the end loom, woven with a narrow band containing a repeating word 'Sadegh' in Naskh script. [Sadegh is a common male name, one of the hundred names of God, meaning 'Truthful' and 'honest'. It is a popular name in Shia Iran as it is the epithet of the sixth Imam, Ja'afar the Sadegh, whose branch of Ja'afari Shi'ism rules Iran.]
The edges are folded over and the top-right hand corner must have been folded over in a triangle to reveal the back. Therefore the top right hand corner displays the bright, original colour, as does the vertical strip along the left-hand edge.
The edges are folded over and the top-right hand corner must have been folded over in a triangle to reveal the back. Therefore the top right hand corner displays the bright, original colour, as does the vertical strip along the left-hand edge.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | silk thread, weaving. |
| Brief description | Woven silk |
| Physical description | The faded apricot satin silk ground is woven in blue, green and brown silk with alternating rows of parrots perched on small, flowering bushes, each row with a mirror image of the next. The top of the fabric is from the end loom, woven with a narrow band containing a repeating word 'Sadegh' in Naskh script. [Sadegh is a common male name, one of the hundred names of God, meaning 'Truthful' and 'honest'. It is a popular name in Shia Iran as it is the epithet of the sixth Imam, Ja'afar the Sadegh, whose branch of Ja'afari Shi'ism rules Iran.] The edges are folded over and the top-right hand corner must have been folded over in a triangle to reveal the back. Therefore the top right hand corner displays the bright, original colour, as does the vertical strip along the left-hand edge. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (woven inscription along the upper edge of the textile.) |
| Gallery label | Persian, late 16th Century.
Silk tissue.
5 shaft satin ground; 1/3 twill binding for the pattern.
5 ground warps, 1 binding warp; 1 ground, 1 pattern weft.
Warps: ground: \ silk, red; binding: \ silk, white. Wefts: ground: \ silk, white; pattern: silk, white.
832,A,B,C-1898.(20th Century) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 832-1898 |
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| Record created | October 8, 2008 |
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