Panel
1875-1890 (made), 1894 (purchased)
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Dress or shawl fabric, silk 1/3 twill. Known as Hussein Kuli Khan: a note in the Registered Description says this type of fabric was manufactured for export to India where it was bought by rich Parsees.
Displayed behind glass.
Warp: Z-twisted black silk.
Weft: Z-twisted dark green silk as the ground weft and red, white, green and orange silk as the pattern wefts.
Black ground divided into an ogival lattice by pale scrolled stems which contain a fine floral pattern. The ogees enclose 2 motifs, one per band: a pair of outward curving botehs and a central blossom or a pair of inward facing birds either side of a straight boteh/cone.
This fabric was brought to London in 1894 by the firm of Cardinals & Harper.
See also: 639-1891
Displayed behind glass.
Warp: Z-twisted black silk.
Weft: Z-twisted dark green silk as the ground weft and red, white, green and orange silk as the pattern wefts.
Black ground divided into an ogival lattice by pale scrolled stems which contain a fine floral pattern. The ogees enclose 2 motifs, one per band: a pair of outward curving botehs and a central blossom or a pair of inward facing birds either side of a straight boteh/cone.
This fabric was brought to London in 1894 by the firm of Cardinals & Harper.
See also: 639-1891
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, weaving, sewing |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Panel of silk twill, weave known as Husayn Quli Khan, pattern of ogival trellis on black ground, possibly Yazd, Iran, 1875-1890 |
| Physical description | Dress or shawl fabric, silk 1/3 twill. Known as Hussein Kuli Khan: a note in the Registered Description says this type of fabric was manufactured for export to India where it was bought by rich Parsees. Displayed behind glass. Warp: Z-twisted black silk. Weft: Z-twisted dark green silk as the ground weft and red, white, green and orange silk as the pattern wefts. Black ground divided into an ogival lattice by pale scrolled stems which contain a fine floral pattern. The ogees enclose 2 motifs, one per band: a pair of outward curving botehs and a central blossom or a pair of inward facing birds either side of a straight boteh/cone. This fabric was brought to London in 1894 by the firm of Cardinals & Harper. See also: 639-1891 |
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| Production | According to a note in the Registered Description, this type of fabric was manufactured for export to India where it was bought by rich Parsees. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Iranian Textiles' by Jennifer Wearden and Patricia L Baker, V&A Publishing 2010 plate 17 page 98. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.223-1921 |
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| Record created | October 15, 2008 |
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