Publication Date
1840
Publication Place
Bebek (made) -
Subject
Stylized Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 73cm, Width: 71cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.103-1934
Record ID
T.103-1934
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1840
Notes
At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop as heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours are strong, and greater quantities of metal thread were used. The designs were consistently inventive. The colours in some 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but have faded to pastel shades. There is an embroidered inscription on this example that gives the name of the embroiderer as AyÅe Hanım, daughter of Hasan AÄa , and the place of production as Bebek, a settlement on the European shore of the Bosphorus, now part of Istanbul. Embroideries worked by this family were displayed at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
Sample Text
ببک د٠Øس٠آغاÙÚ© کرÛÙ Ù Ø³Û Ø¹Ø§Ø¦Ø´Ù Ø®Ø§Ù٠٠اشا [ا]ÙÙÙ Transliteration Bebek'te Hasan AÄa'nın kerimesi AyÅe Hanım. MaÅallah! Translation [The work of] AyÅe Hanım, daughter of Hasan AÄa, in Bebek. What God wills! Note Ottoman Turkish
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Cotton, embroidered with silk in double darning, and with metal thread in double darning, musabak, fishbone and satin stitch Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Napkin borders joined together, cotton embroidered with silk in double darning and with metal thread in double darning, musabak, fishbone and satin stitch. There is a narrow geometric border worked in metal thread along either end and above this is a repeated, stylised motif alternating in colour: either cream and metal thread or blue and metal thread. To the left in each motif is a slightly curving stem and leaves worked in metal thread; branching from this, to the right, are two elongated blossoms and to the side of these are three small pairs of leaves in metal thread.
Üretim
Embroideries worked by this family were displayed at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
Üslup
Ottoman
