Scarf Border

1800-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lacis, silk net embroidered with silk and metal thread with silk velvet along one edge. This is not the same design as T.38A-1924.
Hand-made dark brown silk net. There is a strip of faded purple velvet sewn along the upper edge.
There is evidence that a fabric with metal thread was stitched down the left hand side.
A blue and light blue chevron is either side of the border which contains a red, yellow and green leaf-like motif. On the whole this motif is alternately inward and outward facing, but not consistently. There is a line of three white flowers on either side and it alternates with a large red, almost circular blossom. The central area has straight green stems, each with a pair of blue flowers at the base, with 5 light yellow and pink flowers outlined with metal thread alternating with an angled green stem with 2 pink blossoms at the bottom, a group of 3 mid-way which are yellow, outlined with red and with metal thread and a blossom at the top in which pairs of lines form a green base and then 6 pink petals, ending with a green stem and pink bud outlined with metal thread. There are small white flowers on the ground and 6 small downward pointing sprigs coming from the top edge: 2 blue and one pink flower. The metal thread is copper strip close S-wound on pale silk.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
silk thread, metal thread, netting, embroidering, sewing
Brief description
A fragment of a scarf with silk threads, Iran, 19th century
Physical description
Lacis, silk net embroidered with silk and metal thread with silk velvet along one edge. This is not the same design as T.38A-1924.
Hand-made dark brown silk net. There is a strip of faded purple velvet sewn along the upper edge.
There is evidence that a fabric with metal thread was stitched down the left hand side.
A blue and light blue chevron is either side of the border which contains a red, yellow and green leaf-like motif. On the whole this motif is alternately inward and outward facing, but not consistently. There is a line of three white flowers on either side and it alternates with a large red, almost circular blossom. The central area has straight green stems, each with a pair of blue flowers at the base, with 5 light yellow and pink flowers outlined with metal thread alternating with an angled green stem with 2 pink blossoms at the bottom, a group of 3 mid-way which are yellow, outlined with red and with metal thread and a blossom at the top in which pairs of lines form a green base and then 6 pink petals, ending with a green stem and pink bud outlined with metal thread. There are small white flowers on the ground and 6 small downward pointing sprigs coming from the top edge: 2 blue and one pink flower. The metal thread is copper strip close S-wound on pale silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 13.5cm
  • Width: 51cm
Collection
Accession number
T.38-1924

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2009
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