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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: 50.5cm, Width: 48.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	CIRC.474-1919
Record ID	CIRC.474-1919
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, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), and with metal thread in couching in a basket weave pattern and couched lines Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, silk embroidered with silk in atma and with metal thread in couching in a basket weave pattern and couched lines. There is a small pink flower in the centre with four small outward facing white flowers at the cardinal points. These point towards four inward facing white floral sprigs, one mid-way along each side. The dominant motifs are two pairs of curving stems which begin mid-way down opposite sides and curve out to fill the corners, bending in towards the centre. Near the base of this stem is a large white and gold flower edged with pink leaves; there are pink leaves along the stem and small white flowers.
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: 50.5cm, Width: 48.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID CIRC.474-1919

Record ID CIRC.474-1919

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, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), and with metal thread in couching in a basket weave pattern and couched lines Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, silk embroidered with silk in atma and with metal thread in couching in a basket weave pattern and couched lines. There is a small pink flower in the centre with four small outward facing white flowers at the cardinal points. These point towards four inward facing white floral sprigs, one mid-way along each side. The dominant motifs are two pairs of curving stems which begin mid-way down opposite sides and curve out to fill the corners, bending in towards the centre. Near the base of this stem is a large white and gold flower edged with pink leaves; there are pink leaves along the stem and small white flowers.

Üslup Ottoman