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A vibrantly colored and heavily embroidered red wool bed cover with silk embroidery.
Bed Cover
A vibrantly colored and heavily embroidered red wool bed cover with silk embroidery.
A vibrantly colored and heavily embroidered red wool bed cover with silk embroidery.
Bed Cover, Unknown Maker (Iranian), n. d., woven, felted wool and embroidery, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Bed Cover

Maker
Daten. d.
Mediumwoven, felted wool with embroidery
Dimensions70 × 66 inches (177.8 × 167.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John B. Seymour in memory of her father, Joseph Hilton.
Object number1929.3.12
On View
Not on view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis felted wool patchwork and ‎appliqued textile is embroidered with chain stitching in silk, typical of much Persian embroidery. The designs were marked with powdered chalk, the applied pieces of felt then chain stitched to the felt ground using twisted colored silks upon metal crochet hooks. The city of Rasht, on the Caspian Sea, housed workshops of male professional embroiderers specializing in this technique, known as Rascht-work. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, American and European museums’ collections included examples of textiles representing the woven history of many different global cultures. The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences [now Telfair Museums] received collections of textiles from various well-traveled Savannahians. The Hilton Textile Collection is mentioned in a 1937 WPA travel guide to Savannah; boasting that among other objects of material culture, the Telfair Museum of Art held an international collection of textiles. "The Hilton Collection of Textiles was presented by Ida Hilton Seymour as a memorial to her father, Josiah Hilton. Examples of old embroidery from England, Greece, Turkey, Persia and China are shown on head bands, waistcoats or yellowing handkerchiefs. Lace woven in Venice a century ago, French and Spanish brocades, and Indian weaving of a lost era display handwork artistry."
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