Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1570
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Stylized Flowers Tulips
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 202cm, Width: 136.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
643-1877
Record ID
643-1877
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1570
Notes
The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with some white and black. The oldest patterns, such as this one, are made from intersecting lines or lattice formed by blue leaves and a red flower. They enclose spaces filled with flowers.
Sample Text
Translation Not translated, but this is a stamp to indicate that tax has been paid. Note Stamp; Ottoman Turkish; Arabic; Reverse
İlişki
Clarke, Caspar Purdon
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), Roumanian couching (a later addition), close herringbone, double running in a line and chain stitch for the border lines Linen Silk Thread Sewing Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Hanging, linen embroidered with silk in atma, Roumanian couching (a later addition), close herringbone, double running in a line and chain stitch for the border lines. The hanging is made from three widths of linen joined after being embroidered. The border is a floral meander of two types of red flowers, one of which is a tulip, and blue pointed leaves. The field is divided into a series of diamond-shaped compartments by diagonal blue leaves which are connected by an oval medallion outlined in red. Each compartment contains a large red segmented tulip.
Üslup
Ottoman
