Scarf
1800-1870 (made)
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Description: Lacis; silk net darned with silk.
Two groups, each of three diagonal red silk threads, knotted in white silk to form a diamond shaped lattice. The lower part forms a border with three lines of darning. At either end of the border there are two S-motifs. Otherwise the two motifs are a diamond shaped arrangement of nine tiny flower heads and a flower with two leaves forming alternate bands.
One end has been cut irregularly.
Two groups, each of three diagonal red silk threads, knotted in white silk to form a diamond shaped lattice. The lower part forms a border with three lines of darning. At either end of the border there are two S-motifs. Otherwise the two motifs are a diamond shaped arrangement of nine tiny flower heads and a flower with two leaves forming alternate bands.
One end has been cut irregularly.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | silk thread, knotting, embroidering |
| Brief description | embroidered net, 1800s, Persian |
| Physical description | Description: Lacis; silk net darned with silk. Two groups, each of three diagonal red silk threads, knotted in white silk to form a diamond shaped lattice. The lower part forms a border with three lines of darning. At either end of the border there are two S-motifs. Otherwise the two motifs are a diamond shaped arrangement of nine tiny flower heads and a flower with two leaves forming alternate bands. One end has been cut irregularly. |
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| Accession number | 2345-1876 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2009 |
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