Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Stylized Flowers Bowl Arches
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 118cm, Width: 59cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.218-1958
Record ID
T.218-1958
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
Towel or napkin, embroidered, Turkish, 1800s.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Linen embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, and with metal thread in musabak, double running variations and combinations and aligned slanting stitch (border). Knotted buttonhole stitch is worked in silk and metal thread alternately over the rolled hems around the borders. Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Towel/Napkin, linen embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, and with metal thread in musabak, double running variations and combinations and aligned slanting stitch (border). Knotted buttonhole stitch is worked in silk and metal thread alternately over the rolled hems around the borders. The narrow border is an angular meander in green with round green leaves and small folowerheads each in two shades of pink. The main border is divided into arched shaped compartments with vertical columns, all outlined in blue. Each compartment contains a light pink bowl and a signle four-petalled pink flowers with narrow green leaves.
Üslup
Ottoman
