Dress Fabric
1863 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Woven silk and metal thread.
Striped pattern:
[1] light blue ground with a line of red triangular flowers above green leaves offset with two half motifs. [2] wider strip with an undecorated gold ground [silver strip open S-wound on a white silk core]. [3] as [1]. [4] wider stripe with worn metal ground as [2] and a line of a stylized floral motif: round, red flower above a pair of red birds with blue wings sitting on a branch which ends with three green leaves and from which hangs a bell-like red and blue flower; red stylized roots.
There is a woven inscription across the top of the main piece. The end has been folded under. There is a selvedge down the right hand side which has been turned under and stitched.
Striped pattern:
[1] light blue ground with a line of red triangular flowers above green leaves offset with two half motifs. [2] wider strip with an undecorated gold ground [silver strip open S-wound on a white silk core]. [3] as [1]. [4] wider stripe with worn metal ground as [2] and a line of a stylized floral motif: round, red flower above a pair of red birds with blue wings sitting on a branch which ends with three green leaves and from which hangs a bell-like red and blue flower; red stylized roots.
There is a woven inscription across the top of the main piece. The end has been folded under. There is a selvedge down the right hand side which has been turned under and stitched.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | silk thread, metal thread, weaving |
| Brief description | A fragment of a dress fabric with silk and metal thread, Iran, 1863 |
| Physical description | Woven silk and metal thread. Striped pattern: [1] light blue ground with a line of red triangular flowers above green leaves offset with two half motifs. [2] wider strip with an undecorated gold ground [silver strip open S-wound on a white silk core]. [3] as [1]. [4] wider stripe with worn metal ground as [2] and a line of a stylized floral motif: round, red flower above a pair of red birds with blue wings sitting on a branch which ends with three green leaves and from which hangs a bell-like red and blue flower; red stylized roots. There is a woven inscription across the top of the main piece. The end has been folded under. There is a selvedge down the right hand side which has been turned under and stitched. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (woven across the top in Persian nastaliq: 'The work of Mohammad Hassan' and the date 128 [1280?].) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.121-1926 |
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| Record created | May 11, 2009 |
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