Dress Fabric
1800-1860 (made)
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Dress fabric of woven silk satin and metal thread.
Red satin ground with a pattern of pairs of confronting birds woven with metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core] with highlights of blue and white with brown outlines. The pairs of birds have a small tree-like motif between them and they are above a floral arrangement of 2 small and one large blossom which bends slightly to one side. The direction of this bend alternates with the rows. There is a stylised fish-motif between the floral motifs.
Red satin ground with a pattern of pairs of confronting birds woven with metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core] with highlights of blue and white with brown outlines. The pairs of birds have a small tree-like motif between them and they are above a floral arrangement of 2 small and one large blossom which bends slightly to one side. The direction of this bend alternates with the rows. There is a stylised fish-motif between the floral motifs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk satin and metal thread |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of woven silk satin and metal thread, Iran, 1800-1860 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of woven silk satin and metal thread. Red satin ground with a pattern of pairs of confronting birds woven with metal thread [silver strip open S-wound on a yellow silk core] with highlights of blue and white with brown outlines. The pairs of birds have a small tree-like motif between them and they are above a floral arrangement of 2 small and one large blossom which bends slightly to one side. The direction of this bend alternates with the rows. There is a stylised fish-motif between the floral motifs. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.21:17-1955 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2009 |
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