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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: 201cm, Width: 131cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.62-1916
Record ID	T.62-1916
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1600
Notes	The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th or 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 some white and black. In the 17th century the main designs were based on wavy parallel stems which run along the length of the fabric. The black ground of this embroidery is very unusual.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), chain and Cretan stitch (stems) and double running in a line (at the tops of the crescents) Linen Silk Thread Weaving Sewing Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Hanging. Linen embroidered with silk in atma, chain and Cretan stitch (stems) and double running in a line (at the tops of the crescents). Made from three widths of black linen: that on the right was joined before being embroidered; that on the left was joined after being embroidered. The black border is a floral meander with a thick green stem which joines red flowers with a white centre. A blue tulip with white cresecent chintamani alternate between the flowers with a yellow leaf and white crescent chintamani. The black field is decorated with green zigzagged parallel stems. These bear pairs of leaves: one red containing a small sprig with a pair of flowers and a tulip, a one yellow containing a similar small flower above and below a tulip.The pairs of leaves alternate in direction along the stem. the stem also bears a small yellow stem with a blue spiky leaf and a red leaf with three white petals.
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: 201cm, Width: 131cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.62-1916

Record ID T.62-1916

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1600

Notes The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th or 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 some white and black. In the 17th century the main designs were based on wavy parallel stems which run along the length of the fabric. The black ground of this embroidery is very unusual.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), chain and Cretan stitch (stems) and double running in a line (at the tops of the crescents) Linen Silk Thread Weaving Sewing Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Hanging. Linen embroidered with silk in atma, chain and Cretan stitch (stems) and double running in a line (at the tops of the crescents). Made from three widths of black linen: that on the right was joined before being embroidered; that on the left was joined after being embroidered. The black border is a floral meander with a thick green stem which joines red flowers with a white centre. A blue tulip with white cresecent chintamani alternate between the flowers with a yellow leaf and white crescent chintamani. The black field is decorated with green zigzagged parallel stems. These bear pairs of leaves: one red containing a small sprig with a pair of flowers and a tulip, a one yellow containing a similar small flower above and below a tulip.The pairs of leaves alternate in direction along the stem. the stem also bears a small yellow stem with a blue spiky leaf and a red leaf with three white petals.

Üslup Ottoman