Scarf Border
1800-1870 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Description: Lacis, silk net darned with cotton and with a crochet cotton edging.
Long rectangular panel of silk net finely darned with cotton in a tight grid of lozenges, the borders darned with the words 'Ya Ali' [O Ali], the edges are crochet with cotton in jagged triangles. One inner border is missing, the piece was reduced before the addition of the crochet edge.
Long rectangular panel of silk net finely darned with cotton in a tight grid of lozenges, the borders darned with the words 'Ya Ali' [O Ali], the edges are crochet with cotton in jagged triangles. One inner border is missing, the piece was reduced before the addition of the crochet edge.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, knotting, embroidery, crochet. |
| Brief description | embroidered net, 1800s, Persian |
| Physical description | Description: Lacis, silk net darned with cotton and with a crochet cotton edging. Long rectangular panel of silk net finely darned with cotton in a tight grid of lozenges, the borders darned with the words 'Ya Ali' [O Ali], the edges are crochet with cotton in jagged triangles. One inner border is missing, the piece was reduced before the addition of the crochet edge. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (embroidered in the borders is 'Ya Ali' (O' Ali!).) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2351-1876 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2009 |
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