Scarf Border
1800-1870 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Description: Lacis, silk net darned with cotton.
Long rectangular panel with an inner and outer border in which two lines of square blocks are offset. The main border has stepped lozenges alternating with solid X-shaped motifs. The central panel is filled with small flower heads worked in white cotton. Each flowerhead has four petals.
Long rectangular panel with an inner and outer border in which two lines of square blocks are offset. The main border has stepped lozenges alternating with solid X-shaped motifs. The central panel is filled with small flower heads worked in white cotton. Each flowerhead has four petals.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, knotting, embroidery. |
| Brief description | embroidered net, 1800s, Persian |
| Physical description | Description: Lacis, silk net darned with cotton. Long rectangular panel with an inner and outer border in which two lines of square blocks are offset. The main border has stepped lozenges alternating with solid X-shaped motifs. The central panel is filled with small flower heads worked in white cotton. Each flowerhead has four petals. |
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| Accession number | 2350-1876 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2009 |
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