Woven Silk Fragment
1800-1860 (made)
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Dress fabric of warp-faced silk brocaded with silk and metal thread impressed with lines; piced.
Extensively pieced. The seams are easily seen from the back. There seems to be hardly any distortion to the pattern. In larger pieces impressed lines can be clearly seen: four lines form a lozenge around the motifs. The motif has a bird perched on a stem with 2 buds and one blossom. The birds face to the left on the bottom row and to the right on the top row. The silk appears to be floss [untwisted]. The leaves are green, the flowers are white and 2 shades of pink. The birds are also 2 shades of pink and white. There are traces of metal thread which is silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a pink silk core.
Extensively pieced. The seams are easily seen from the back. There seems to be hardly any distortion to the pattern. In larger pieces impressed lines can be clearly seen: four lines form a lozenge around the motifs. The motif has a bird perched on a stem with 2 buds and one blossom. The birds face to the left on the bottom row and to the right on the top row. The silk appears to be floss [untwisted]. The leaves are green, the flowers are white and 2 shades of pink. The birds are also 2 shades of pink and white. There are traces of metal thread which is silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a pink silk core.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocaded silk with silk and metal thread |
| Brief description | Dress fabric of brocaded silk with silk and metal thread, Iran, 1800-1860 |
| Physical description | Dress fabric of warp-faced silk brocaded with silk and metal thread impressed with lines; piced. Extensively pieced. The seams are easily seen from the back. There seems to be hardly any distortion to the pattern. In larger pieces impressed lines can be clearly seen: four lines form a lozenge around the motifs. The motif has a bird perched on a stem with 2 buds and one blossom. The birds face to the left on the bottom row and to the right on the top row. The silk appears to be floss [untwisted]. The leaves are green, the flowers are white and 2 shades of pink. The birds are also 2 shades of pink and white. There are traces of metal thread which is silver-gilt strip open S-wound on a pink silk core. |
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| Credit line | Given by T. S. W. Jarvis, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.21:19-1955 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2009 |
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