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Title	Hanging
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Tulips
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 219.5cm, Width: 129cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	CIRC.201-1911
Record ID	CIRC.201-1911
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1700
Notes	The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with white and black. One of the popular designs in the 17th century was based on bands of flowers which faced alternately right and left. Textiles such as this are difficult to date. This one is worked in two shades of red and two shades of blue. The embroidery technique is called atma or laid and couched work, where most of the work is on the surface of the cloth. This design is 17th century, but the technique and the colours are not typical of Ottoman embroidery of this time. It is possible that they come from the eastern Ottoman Empire.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and close herringbone; made from three widths joined before being embroidered Linen Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Hanging, linen embroidered with silk in atma, close herringbone and couched threads (border). Made from three widths joined before being embroidered. The border consists of two diagonal motifs which alternate in direction: a red tulip and a blue leaf. The field pattern consists of four rows in which very large diagonal red tulips alternate with diagonal blue leaf-like blossoms.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Hanging

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Tulips

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 219.5cm, Width: 129cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID CIRC.201-1911

Record ID CIRC.201-1911

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1700

Notes The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with white and black. One of the popular designs in the 17th century was based on bands of flowers which faced alternately right and left. Textiles such as this are difficult to date. This one is worked in two shades of red and two shades of blue. The embroidery technique is called atma or laid and couched work, where most of the work is on the surface of the cloth. This design is 17th century, but the technique and the colours are not typical of Ottoman embroidery of this time. It is possible that they come from the eastern Ottoman Empire.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and close herringbone; made from three widths joined before being embroidered Linen Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Hanging, linen embroidered with silk in atma, close herringbone and couched threads (border). Made from three widths joined before being embroidered. The border consists of two diagonal motifs which alternate in direction: a red tulip and a blue leaf. The field pattern consists of four rows in which very large diagonal red tulips alternate with diagonal blue leaf-like blossoms.

Üslup Ottoman