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Title	Cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 121cm, Width: 121cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	644-1877
Record ID	644-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
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.
İlişki	Clarke, Caspar Purdon
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Cotton, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and chain stitch Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, cotton embroidered with silk in atma and chain stitch. Made from two widths of fabric joined before being embroidered. What appears to be beige was originally light purple which has faded. The field is decorated with a series of thin stems and small leaves and large red round or blue spiky flowers. The borders contains the same flowers.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 121cm, Width: 121cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 644-1877

Record ID 644-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

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.

İlişki Clarke, Caspar Purdon

Malzemeler ve teknikler Cotton, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and chain stitch Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, cotton embroidered with silk in atma and chain stitch. Made from two widths of fabric joined before being embroidered. What appears to be beige was originally light purple which has faded. The field is decorated with a series of thin stems and small leaves and large red round or blue spiky flowers. The borders contains the same flowers.

Üslup Ottoman