1875, Iran
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1875, Iran
- Identifier
- T.223-1921
- Collection
- Technique
- Damask 41%
- Velvet 34%
- Embroidery 84%
- Embroidery 99%
- Embroidery 66%
- Embroidery 79%
- Depiction
- Geometrical motif 51%
- Geometrical motif 46%
- Geometrical motif 53%
- Geometrical motif 51%
- Dimension
- 36 cm (length)41 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Middle East, Textile; Panel of silk twill, weave known as Husayn Quli Khan, pattern of ogival trellis on black ground, possibly Yazd, Iran, 1875-1890
Dress or shawl fabric, silk 1/3 twill. Known as Hussein Kuli Khan: a note in the Registered Description says this type of fabric was manufactured for export to India where it was bought by rich Parsees.
Displayed behind glass.
Warp: Z-twisted black silk.
Weft: Z-twisted dark green silk as the ground weft and red, white, green and orange silk as the pattern wefts.
Black ground divided into an ogival lattice by pale scrolled stems which contain a fine floral pattern. The ogees enclose 2 motifs, one per band: a pair of outward curving botehs and a central blossom or a pair of inward facing birds either side of a straight boteh/cone.
This fabric was brought to London in 1894 by the firm of Cardinals & Harper.
See also: 639-1891
