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Trouser panel

Title	Trouser panel
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Maximum length: 53cm, Maximum width: 37cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	665-1877
Record ID	665-1877
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	This decorated panel would have been part of a pair of women's trousers. It would have formed the lower leg, from knee to ankle. The upper part of the trousers was seldom decorated because it would have been hidden beneath a long chemise. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders. The colours were strong and designers used greater quantities of metal thread than in previous centuries. The designs were always inventive.
Sample Text	Translation Not translated but it indicates that tax has been paid. Note stamp; Ottoman Turkish; Arabic; Front, lower right hand corner.
İlişki	Clarke, Caspar Purdon
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), close herringbone stitch and double running in a line, and with metal thread in surface darning on the diagonal Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Woman's trouser panel of linen embroidered with silk in atma, close herringbone stitch and double running in a line and with metal thread in surface darning on the diagonal. The panel is cut so that it tapers towards the ankle, creating fullness in the leg. The lower edge is marked with a narrow embroidered blue band above with the floral arrangement is in three bands: (i) a red blossom flanked by two downward pointing blue blossoms (ii) three red blossoms the central one of which is spiky (iii) a red blossom flanked by two upwards pointing blue blossoms.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Trouser panel

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Maximum length: 53cm, Maximum width: 37cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 665-1877

Record ID 665-1877

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes This decorated panel would have been part of a pair of women's trousers. It would have formed the lower leg, from knee to ankle. The upper part of the trousers was seldom decorated because it would have been hidden beneath a long chemise. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders. The colours were strong and designers used greater quantities of metal thread than in previous centuries. The designs were always inventive.

Sample Text Translation Not translated but it indicates that tax has been paid. Note stamp; Ottoman Turkish; Arabic; Front, lower right hand corner.

İlişki Clarke, Caspar Purdon

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), close herringbone stitch and double running in a line, and with metal thread in surface darning on the diagonal Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Woman's trouser panel of linen embroidered with silk in atma, close herringbone stitch and double running in a line and with metal thread in surface darning on the diagonal. The panel is cut so that it tapers towards the ankle, creating fullness in the leg. The lower edge is marked with a narrow embroidered blue band above with the floral arrangement is in three bands: (i) a red blossom flanked by two downward pointing blue blossoms (ii) three red blossoms the central one of which is spiky (iii) a red blossom flanked by two upwards pointing blue blossoms.

Üslup Ottoman