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Necklace (generic title)

Title	Necklace (generic title)
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Anatolia (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 19cm, Length: 8cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	824-1873
Record ID	824-1873
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Decorative chokers, like this, were part of traditional jewellery throughout the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, and can be found in North Africa and the Levant, as well as Turkey and the Balkans. The flexible elements were sometimes linked together and sometimes threaded on a velvet ribbon, as here. Pieces like this could be worn as a choker round the neck or across the forehead.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silver-gilt filigree on a black velvet ribbon Velvet Ribbon Silver-Gilt Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama	Strip of black velvet ribbon with 15 hollow silver-gilt slides. 14 of the slides are S-shaped, and the 15th, central, slide is shuttle-shaped. Each of the 14 slides is decorated with applied coil rings, and has a pendant of a matching drop ending in an open filigree rosette. The pendant of the central slide is different from the others and slightly larger.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Necklace (generic title)

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Anatolia (made) -

Subject Jewellery Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 19cm, Length: 8cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 824-1873

Record ID 824-1873

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Decorative chokers, like this, were part of traditional jewellery throughout the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, and can be found in North Africa and the Levant, as well as Turkey and the Balkans. The flexible elements were sometimes linked together and sometimes threaded on a velvet ribbon, as here. Pieces like this could be worn as a choker round the neck or across the forehead.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silver-gilt filigree on a black velvet ribbon Velvet Ribbon Silver-Gilt Filigree

Fiziksel açıklama Strip of black velvet ribbon with 15 hollow silver-gilt slides. 14 of the slides are S-shaped, and the 15th, central, slide is shuttle-shaped. Each of the 14 slides is decorated with applied coil rings, and has a pendant of a matching drop ending in an open filigree rosette. The pendant of the central slide is different from the others and slightly larger.

Üslup Ottoman