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Title	Cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 57.5cm, Width: 54cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	852-1897
Record ID	852-1897
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	Silk satin, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and couched threads, and with metal thread in padded couching Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Part of a cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and counched threads and with metal thread in padded couching. The ground is red and there is fine couched line using metal thread which forms a border down the two sides. There are three complete bands of pattern and partial bands top and bottom. Each band contains three diagonal blossoms alternating in colour: predominantly blue or white.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 57.5cm, Width: 54cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 852-1897

Record ID 852-1897

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 Silk satin, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and couched threads, and with metal thread in padded couching Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Part of a cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and counched threads and with metal thread in padded couching. The ground is red and there is fine couched line using metal thread which forms a border down the two sides. There are three complete bands of pattern and partial bands top and bottom. Each band contains three diagonal blossoms alternating in colour: predominantly blue or white.

Üslup Ottoman