Scarf Border
1800-1890 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Lacis, silk net embroidered with silk.
The right hand side is not vertical - it slopes outwards towards the top. Double-sided embroidery on hand-made black silk net. There is a narrow 3-part border with a line of light blue and white chevrons either side of band in which 3 dark green bars are between 3 white crosses. The central area is bordered with a line of yellow T-shapes. The ground is divided into a diamond lattice by small staggered blocks of grey. There is a pink flower head with a central hole in each diamond.
The right hand side is not vertical - it slopes outwards towards the top. Double-sided embroidery on hand-made black silk net. There is a narrow 3-part border with a line of light blue and white chevrons either side of band in which 3 dark green bars are between 3 white crosses. The central area is bordered with a line of yellow T-shapes. The ground is divided into a diamond lattice by small staggered blocks of grey. There is a pink flower head with a central hole in each diamond.
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. The right hand side is not vertical - it slopes outwards towards the top. Double-sided embroidery on hand-made black silk net. There is a narrow 3-part border with a line of light blue and white chevrons either side of band in which 3 dark green bars are between 3 white crosses. The central area is bordered with a line of yellow T-shapes. The ground is divided into a diamond lattice by small staggered blocks of grey. There is a pink flower head with a central hole in each diamond. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1415-1900 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2009 |
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