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Hanging

Title	Hanging
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1600
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 234cm, Width: 54cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	61 to B-1891
Record ID	61 to B-1891
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1600
Notes	The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the Museum date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are whole or fragments of covers and wall hangings decorated with large-scale, bold designs in a limited palette of red, blue, green and yellow with white and black. The main design in the 17th century was based on wavy parallel stems which run along the length of the fabric.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal over three threads Linen Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering
Parçalar	Hanging, Hanging, Hanging
Fiziksel açıklama	Linen embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal over three threads and running stitch (borders). The field is decorated with undulating parallel stems along which a red blossom with a blue cebntre alternates with a serrated blue leaf; both curve in the same direction but the direction alternates in rows. The blue leaf contains a red stem and white and yellow flowers. The border, which is along three sides, is a meander with an almost straight thick red stem decorated with a green line and white or yellow circles. The meander links red blossoms which have similar internal markings. From the meander springs a blue leaf, also with these internal markings, and usually one or two smaller sprigs with a white flower or with a yellow/blue flower. This patterning is not consistent.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Hanging

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1600

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 234cm, Width: 54cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 61 to B-1891

Record ID 61 to B-1891

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1600

Notes The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the Museum date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are whole or fragments of covers and wall hangings decorated with large-scale, bold designs in a limited palette of red, blue, green and yellow with white and black. The main design in the 17th century was based on wavy parallel stems which run along the length of the fabric.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal over three threads Linen Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering

Parçalar Hanging, Hanging, Hanging

Fiziksel açıklama Linen embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal over three threads and running stitch (borders). The field is decorated with undulating parallel stems along which a red blossom with a blue cebntre alternates with a serrated blue leaf; both curve in the same direction but the direction alternates in rows. The blue leaf contains a red stem and white and yellow flowers. The border, which is along three sides, is a meander with an almost straight thick red stem decorated with a green line and white or yellow circles. The meander links red blossoms which have similar internal markings. From the meander springs a blue leaf, also with these internal markings, and usually one or two smaller sprigs with a white flower or with a yellow/blue flower. This patterning is not consistent.

Üslup Ottoman