Cover
1600-1700 (made)
| Place of origin |
Technical Details:
Brocaded 1/3 twill tissue.
Warps: (1) Binding: pink silk; (2) Pattern: pink silk
Wefts: (1) Main: silver-gilt metal strip on a cream silk core. (2) Pattern: blue-green silk.
(3) Brocading: two shades of pink silk.
The borders (also 17th century) may have been added later.
Brocaded 1/3 twill tissue.
Warps: (1) Binding: pink silk; (2) Pattern: pink silk
Wefts: (1) Main: silver-gilt metal strip on a cream silk core. (2) Pattern: blue-green silk.
(3) Brocading: two shades of pink silk.
The borders (also 17th century) may have been added later.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Cover, brocaded silk twill with lattice pattern of pink roses against gold, Safavid Iran, 1600-1700 |
| Physical description | Technical Details: Brocaded 1/3 twill tissue. Warps: (1) Binding: pink silk; (2) Pattern: pink silk Wefts: (1) Main: silver-gilt metal strip on a cream silk core. (2) Pattern: blue-green silk. (3) Brocading: two shades of pink silk. The borders (also 17th century) may have been added later. |
| Bibliographic reference | Greenhalgh, Paul (Ed.), Art Nouveau: 1890-1914 . London: V&A Publications, 2000
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 310-1907 |
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| Record created | April 14, 2000 |
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