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Scarf

Title	Scarf
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 71.5cm, Width: 48.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.393-1910
Record ID	T.393-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1700
Notes	From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form: new, naturalistic floral motifs were introduced and many of them were depicted in great detail. Some were allowed to sway and sweep across the fabric, some were stylised and many were enriched with metal thread. The colours were originally very bright but have often faded to pleasing pastel shades.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line Linen Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Half of a Scarf which has been cut across the middle. Linen embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line. The decoration is formed by pink blossoms with white centres, ragged blue blossoms, dark red tri-lobed flowers and smaller pink or green flowers which are packed together to form two right angled triangles with the slopes towards the centre. This arrangment forms a 'V' shape of undecorated ground.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Scarf

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 71.5cm, Width: 48.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.393-1910

Record ID T.393-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1700

Notes From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form: new, naturalistic floral motifs were introduced and many of them were depicted in great detail. Some were allowed to sway and sweep across the fabric, some were stylised and many were enriched with metal thread. The colours were originally very bright but have often faded to pleasing pastel shades.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line Linen Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Half of a Scarf which has been cut across the middle. Linen embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line. The decoration is formed by pink blossoms with white centres, ragged blue blossoms, dark red tri-lobed flowers and smaller pink or green flowers which are packed together to form two right angled triangles with the slopes towards the centre. This arrangment forms a 'V' shape of undecorated ground.

Üslup Ottoman