Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1700
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Stylized Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 129cm, Width: 113cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
646-1877
Record ID
646-1877
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1700
Notes
Some pieces of Ottoman embroidery made between 1500 and the 1720s have survived. They are whole covers, or fragments of covers. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow with small amounts of black and white. Textiles such as this are difficult to date. This one is worked in two shades of red and two shades of blue. The embroidery technique is called atma or laid and couched work, where most of the work is on the surface of the cloth. This design is 17th century, but the technique and the colours are not typical of Ottoman embroidery of this time. It is possible that they come from the eastern Ottoman Empire.
İlişki
Clarke, Caspar Purdon
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), double running in a line and close herringbone; made from three widths joined before being embroidered Cotton Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama
Cover of linen embroidered with silk in atma, double running in a line and close herringbone. Made from three widths joined before being embroidered. There is a narrow blue border with outward pointing trefoils. The field is covered by off-set bands of large flowerheads each bracketed by a pair of blue leaves inside a pair of red leaves. The predominant colours are red and pink and two shades of blue but there are also small green leaves.
Üslup
Ottoman
