Resht work, plain weave felted wool, patchwork, inlaid work, embroidered with silk and metal thread in a variety of stitches predominantly chain stitch and with metal spangles.
Note: researchers may use the terms applique and tambour when searching for this category of textile even though they are incorrect.
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Blue ground with a three-quarter length male figure in a red robe with an elaborate collar. He holds a rose in his right hand. Dressed in Qajar style with a white collar decorated with flowers and leaves and with decorative cuffs. He wears a belt which holds a sheathed dagger in place. There is a bracelet on his right wrist, over the cuff of the robe and a string of embroidered pearls round his neck. Embroidered pearls and coloured beads form large panels on both upper sleeves. He wears a jewelled crown on his head with three short feathers. This is framed with a light brown border creating the effect of a sash window which was a very fashionable architectural feature at the time. There is a narrow blue border, a wide red border with a meandering stem in light and dark blue with blue, yellow and white pansy flowers embroidered with coloured silks. Narrow black border and finally a red border. Chain stitch forms a decorative pattern over the seams.
Embroidery thread: 2S silk, light and dark pink, purple, yellow, light and dark green, light and dark blue, black, white, brown.
Metal thread: silver strip close S-wound on light yellow Z-twist silk.
Inset wool: white, dark blue, yellow, black, light blue, brown, green, red.patchwork, 1800-1830, Persian