Textile fragment of natural beige silk faille with Tambour embroidery in metallic gold, rose pink and blue silk
- Title
- Textile fragment of natural beige silk faille with Tambour embroidery in metallic gold, rose pink and blue silk
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Textile fragment of natural beige silk faille with Tambour embroidery in metallic gold, rose pink and blue silk with gold sequin accents; embroidered design of curving foliated stems and flowering branches intertwined with ribbon bows and streamers; some flowers are accented with flat sequins; would be used to accent the neckline of a woman's costume.
- Motif
- Floral vines Ribbon bows
- Work Type
- Textile Panel
- Location
- Iran
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.005.005
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Metallic Threads Sequins
- Technique
- Tambour embroidery
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Tambour embroidery is a style of embroidery, that was used in Persia, that uses a Tambour hook resulting in a chain-stitch effect. Often beads and sequins are added. It was popular from 1730 to 1840.
