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Napkin

Title	Napkin
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Hyacinth Rose
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 135cm, Width: 43.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.165-1950
Record ID	T.165-1950
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours of 18th and 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but many have faded to pleasing pastel shades; often great quantities of metal thread were used. Napkins were mainly used to clean fingers during meals, but were also used as decoration and as covers. Their designs were consistently inventive.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen with bands of cotton weft, embroidered with silk in double darning, double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal Linen Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Towel or Napkin, linen with bands of cotton weft embroidered with silk in double darning, double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal. Above either end is a borad weft-less band and above this is a green floral meander with pink and blue buds. Above this are three floral motifs: a pink flower on a stem which curves around it, almost completing a circle. On the inside of the stem are small pink buds and on the outer side are small blue spiky flowers.
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Napkin

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Hyacinth Rose

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 135cm, Width: 43.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.165-1950

Record ID T.165-1950

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours of 18th and 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but many have faded to pleasing pastel shades; often great quantities of metal thread were used. Napkins were mainly used to clean fingers during meals, but were also used as decoration and as covers. Their designs were consistently inventive.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen with bands of cotton weft, embroidered with silk in double darning, double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal Linen Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Towel or Napkin, linen with bands of cotton weft embroidered with silk in double darning, double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal. Above either end is a borad weft-less band and above this is a green floral meander with pink and blue buds. Above this are three floral motifs: a pink flower on a stem which curves around it, almost completing a circle. On the inside of the stem are small pink buds and on the outer side are small blue spiky flowers.

Üslup Ottoman