Small Shiraz Bag or Mat, pair with 1943.1729

Embroidery on silk

Warp: tightly wound 2 ply undyed white wool. Structural weft: 1 ply Z spun. Decorative (soumak) weft: all 2 Z spun S ply. Colors: yellow, red, blue, dark blue, green, white, undyed brown, aubergine, orange. Countered soumak: light and dark red, aubergine, orange, yellow, light and dark blue. Mildly corrosive brown. 78 rows soumak per vertical decimeter. 72 decorative warps per horizontal decimeter. Both selvedges: 1 bundle of 3 warps wrapped in red brocading. Top end: 3.5 cm. slit tapestry kilim with 1 cm. brocade wefts, doubled (to 4 ply). Bottom end: cut. Which is top and which is bottom is unclear.

Polychromed silk and metallic yarns (silver lamé and gilt frisé)

Silk

Lavender silk twill ground with brocaded decoration

Cloth of silver (lamé) with gold filé brocading

Lilac satin ground with embroidered decoration

Linen warp with wool weft