Dress fabric of woven silk and metal thread, Iran, 1800-1870 Dress fabric of woven silk and metal thread. Twill binding. Warp: light red silk, Z twist. Weft: silk: black, light red, mauve, light green, dark green, all indeterminable twist and white silk S twist. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on yellow silk, S twist. Metal thread ground with incomplete pattern. What remains consists of two bands: [1] an oblong-shaped white petalled flower-head with light red centre and black outlines alternating with a slightly smaller and rounder version with pink petals outlined in white. The latter motif is enclosed within two pairs of white leaves outlined in black. [2] a flower with a red centre, mauve inner petals and red outer petals is surrounded by dark green leaves. This alternates with a round flower with red centre and mauve petals or red centre and light green petals enclosed within white leaves [see band 1].