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Textile Panel

1700-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (made)
Place of origin
Azerbaijan (made)
Iran (made)

Textile panel, with repeat design of large red eight-pointed stars against black ground, and stylised animal pairs also on the black ground.


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Textile panel
Materials and techniques
Cotton embroidered with silk
Cotton
Silk
Embroidered
Brief description
Middle East, Textile; Panel, silk-embroidered cotton, design of star-medallions on black ground with stylised animal pairs, Azerbaijan or NW Iran, 1700-1800
Physical description
Textile panel, with repeat design of large red eight-pointed stars against black ground, and stylised animal pairs also on the black ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 1350mm
  • Width: 1115mm
Style
Caucasian
Object history
Items 67-1909 to 70-1909 purchased for £20 from G. Filippo, 13 Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
Bibliographic references
  • The Arts of Islam: Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, 8 April - 4 July, 1976, The Arts Council of Great Britain , (1976) Catalogue entry 92, p.113
  • Brief Guide to Turkish and Woven Fabrics, London, Victoria & Albert Museum (1950) No. 2
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Textiles, Brief Guide to the Persian Embroideries (London: Board of Education, 1929) Pl.2.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
T.70-1909

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Record createdNovember 4, 2003
Record URL
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