Plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches, including satin stitch, pulled thread work; whitework.
The top section is dominated by the eye section of a pulled thread net surrounded by bands of needleweaving [a] and a row of 8-pointed stars or flowersheads either side of a narrow pulled thread band, leading into 2 blocks of basketweave stitching either side edged with the needlewoven bands [a]. Along the top a band of separate stylized flowering stems in straight stitch [b].
The central oblong section is left undecorated but edged on four sides with [b] edged with pulled thread work, a smaller needlewoven band [c], band [a] then a row of pulled thread lozenges forms infilled with 8-pointed stars/flowerheads, then [c] repeated.
The lowest section has a repeating edge of [b], then [a] followed by a row of large touching 8-pointed stars, then [c] and ending with a larger version of [b].
Cotton thread: no discernable twist
Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S
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| - Plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches, including satin stitch, pulled thread work; whitework.
The top section is dominated by the eye section of a pulled thread net surrounded by bands of needleweaving [a] and a row of 8-pointed stars or flowersheads either side of a narrow pulled thread band, leading into 2 blocks of basketweave stitching either side edged with the needlewoven bands [a]. Along the top a band of separate stylized flowering stems in straight stitch [b].
The central oblong section is left undecorated but edged on four sides with [b] edged with pulled thread work, a smaller needlewoven band [c], band [a] then a row of pulled thread lozenges forms infilled with 8-pointed stars/flowerheads, then [c] repeated.
The lowest section has a repeating edge of [b], then [a] followed by a row of large touching 8-pointed stars, then [c] and ending with a larger version of [b].
Cotton thread: no discernable twist
Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S (en)
- Middle East, Textile; Face-veil or ruband, white silk-embroidered cotton, Iran, 1800-1860 (en)
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P3 has note
| - Plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, embroidered with silk in straight stitches, including satin stitch, pulled thread work; whitework.
The top section is dominated by the eye section of a pulled thread net surrounded by bands of needleweaving [a] and a row of 8-pointed stars or flowersheads either side of a narrow pulled thread band, leading into 2 blocks of basketweave stitching either side edged with the needlewoven bands [a]. Along the top a band of separate stylized flowering stems in straight stitch [b].
The central oblong section is left undecorated but edged on four sides with [b] edged with pulled thread work, a smaller needlewoven band [c], band [a] then a row of pulled thread lozenges forms infilled with 8-pointed stars/flowerheads, then [c] repeated.
The lowest section has a repeating edge of [b], then [a] followed by a row of large touching 8-pointed stars, then [c] and ending with a larger version of [b].
Cotton thread: no discernable twist
Embroidery thread: white silk, 2S (en)
- Middle East, Textile; Face-veil or ruband, white silk-embroidered cotton, Iran, 1800-1860 (en)
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P43 has dimension
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P138 has representation
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P102 has title
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is P108 has produced
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is P129 is about
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