Scarf Border
1800-1870 (made)
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Lacis, silk net embroidered with silk.
Double-sided embroidery on hand-made dark brown silk net. There is a 3-part border with a line of yellow and dark orange chevrons either side of three lines of pattern which create red and dark orange and white and dark orange crosses on a green and light green ground. The central area has a directional design of green and light green straight stems, one with small pink and white flowers alternate with a larger one with 3 tri-lobed flowers in dark brown, yellow, pink and red. There are small white blossoms filling the ground and there are 8 small blue and light blue rectangles along the bottom.
Double-sided embroidery on hand-made dark brown silk net. There is a 3-part border with a line of yellow and dark orange chevrons either side of three lines of pattern which create red and dark orange and white and dark orange crosses on a green and light green ground. The central area has a directional design of green and light green straight stems, one with small pink and white flowers alternate with a larger one with 3 tri-lobed flowers in dark brown, yellow, pink and red. There are small white blossoms filling the ground and there are 8 small blue and light blue rectangles along the bottom.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, netting, embroidering |
| Brief description | embroidered net, 1800s, Persian |
| Physical description | Lacis, silk net embroidered with silk. Double-sided embroidery on hand-made dark brown silk net. There is a 3-part border with a line of yellow and dark orange chevrons either side of three lines of pattern which create red and dark orange and white and dark orange crosses on a green and light green ground. The central area has a directional design of green and light green straight stems, one with small pink and white flowers alternate with a larger one with 3 tri-lobed flowers in dark brown, yellow, pink and red. There are small white blossoms filling the ground and there are 8 small blue and light blue rectangles along the bottom. |
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| Accession number | 2354-1876 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2009 |
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