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Towel

Title	Towel
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Bowls Stylized Flowers Trees
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 110cm, Width: 50cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.310-1966
Record ID	T.310-1966
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.
Sample Text	'Liberty' Art Fabrics. No. 657. Price 7/6. East India House, 218, Regent Street, London, W. Note On label attached
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Embroidered cotton with silk and metal threads Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Towel or napkin of embroidered cotton with silk in double running variations and combinations and musabak, and metal thread in slanted satin stitch, and with plate worked in satin stitch filling in squares. The narrow border along either end is decorated with a closely packed meander with blossoms in shades of pink and green. The main border contains five bowls, each with a large central blossom topped by sprays of smaller flowers and leaves. Between each bowl is a slender cypress tree. The predominant colour is pink and the exact use of colour alternates from one motif to another. One side has been cut and hemmed.
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Towel

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Bowls Stylized Flowers Trees

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 110cm, Width: 50cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.310-1966

Record ID T.310-1966

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.

Sample Text 'Liberty' Art Fabrics. No. 657. Price 7/6. East India House, 218, Regent Street, London, W. Note On label attached

Malzemeler ve teknikler Embroidered cotton with silk and metal threads Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Towel or napkin of embroidered cotton with silk in double running variations and combinations and musabak, and metal thread in slanted satin stitch, and with plate worked in satin stitch filling in squares. The narrow border along either end is decorated with a closely packed meander with blossoms in shades of pink and green. The main border contains five bowls, each with a large central blossom topped by sprays of smaller flowers and leaves. Between each bowl is a slender cypress tree. The predominant colour is pink and the exact use of colour alternates from one motif to another. One side has been cut and hemmed.

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