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Cushion cover

Title	Cushion cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1625
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 95cm, Width: 61cm, Length: 36cm (of repeat pattern), Width: 30cm (of repeat pattern)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	620-1892
Record ID	620-1892
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1625
Notes	Cushion cover, green voided and brocaded silk velvet, with radiating central design of carnations, crescents, saz and lotus leaves, probably Bursa, Ottoman Turkey, 1625-1650
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk brocade velvet with vertical and horizontal point repeat with 4 minimum pattern areas. Satin foundation styructure 4/1 satin, warp: silk, ivory, regular thickness. Weft: cotton, single strand. Satin & velvet warp order 3-1-2. Velvet structure: green silk, pile counts, warps 11, along weft 13. Binding weft threads: silk, thin and less thin. Brocade structure, part brocaded; 4/1 twill, count 23, shots between pile 2; metal & twist: gilt or silver (?) S. Tightness of wrap: medium. Slightly S spun silk filaments. Satin selvedges: purply brown think silk with a little blue thicker silk. The brocade is relatively intact; the gilt thread seemed to have been used mostly in accents: in the serrated leaves at the side, in the cenre of the smallest circles; the rest of the velvet is voided NOT brocaded. Silk (Textile) Cotton Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Green woven silk brocade velvet with central floral motif and star burst .
Üslup	Ottoman

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Cushion cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1625

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 95cm, Width: 61cm, Length: 36cm (of repeat pattern), Width: 30cm (of repeat pattern)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 620-1892

Record ID 620-1892

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1625

Notes Cushion cover, green voided and brocaded silk velvet, with radiating central design of carnations, crescents, saz and lotus leaves, probably Bursa, Ottoman Turkey, 1625-1650

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk brocade velvet with vertical and horizontal point repeat with 4 minimum pattern areas. Satin foundation styructure 4/1 satin, warp: silk, ivory, regular thickness. Weft: cotton, single strand. Satin & velvet warp order 3-1-2. Velvet structure: green silk, pile counts, warps 11, along weft 13. Binding weft threads: silk, thin and less thin. Brocade structure, part brocaded; 4/1 twill, count 23, shots between pile 2; metal & twist: gilt or silver (?) S. Tightness of wrap: medium. Slightly S spun silk filaments. Satin selvedges: purply brown think silk with a little blue thicker silk. The brocade is relatively intact; the gilt thread seemed to have been used mostly in accents: in the serrated leaves at the side, in the cenre of the smallest circles; the rest of the velvet is voided NOT brocaded. Silk (Textile) Cotton Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Green woven silk brocade velvet with central floral motif and star burst .

Üslup Ottoman