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Towel

Title	Towel
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Buildings Trees Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 127cm, Width: 49.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2024-1876
Record ID	2024-1876
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours of 18th and 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but many have faded to pleasing pastel shades; often great quantities of metal thread were used. Napkins were mainly used to clean fingers during meals, but were also used as decoration and as covers. Their designs were consistently inventive.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and combinations and in musabak, and with metal thread in double running stitch variations and combinations and eyelets Cotton Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Towel/Napkin, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and combinations and mushabak stitch and with metal thread in double running stitch variations and combinations and eyelets. There is a border at either end in which a house-like structure alternates with a heavily stylised floral arrangement between two trees. Below this there is a narrow border of small floral motifs. This border continues up the sides of the main border. The ends have been oversewn with metal thread.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Towel

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Buildings Trees Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 127cm, Width: 49.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2024-1876

Record ID 2024-1876

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours of 18th and 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but many have faded to pleasing pastel shades; often great quantities of metal thread were used. Napkins were mainly used to clean fingers during meals, but were also used as decoration and as covers. Their designs were consistently inventive.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and combinations and in musabak, and with metal thread in double running stitch variations and combinations and eyelets Cotton Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Towel/Napkin, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and combinations and mushabak stitch and with metal thread in double running stitch variations and combinations and eyelets. There is a border at either end in which a house-like structure alternates with a heavily stylised floral arrangement between two trees. Below this there is a narrow border of small floral motifs. This border continues up the sides of the main border. The ends have been oversewn with metal thread.

Üslup Ottoman