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Title	Hanging
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1500
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers Tulips Pomegranates
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 119cm, Width: 39cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	94-1897
Record ID	94-1897
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1500
Notes	The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with some white and black. The oldest patterns, such as this one, are made from intersecting lines or lattice. They enclose spaces filled with flowers.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads Silk Thread Linen Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Part of a hanging, linen embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads and chain stitch for the borders. The orientation is not clear, but this is probably the right hand panel of a hanging. There is a border in which a three-leafed motif is worked in red, blue, white or green. The field is divided into bands by lines of blue leaves which are paired and join together at either their tip or their stem. Each leaf contains a sprig in reserve. The lines of leaves are offset so that form a lattice, the vertical lines of which are made by a red blossom with a white centre. The medallion formed by the lattice contains a red heart-shaped motif, outlined in green and encircled with white flowers, containing an arrangement of two pomegranates and a tulip in reserve.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Hanging

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1500

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers Tulips Pomegranates

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 119cm, Width: 39cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 94-1897

Record ID 94-1897

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1500

Notes The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with some white and black. The oldest patterns, such as this one, are made from intersecting lines or lattice. They enclose spaces filled with flowers.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads Silk Thread Linen Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Part of a hanging, linen embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads and chain stitch for the borders. The orientation is not clear, but this is probably the right hand panel of a hanging. There is a border in which a three-leafed motif is worked in red, blue, white or green. The field is divided into bands by lines of blue leaves which are paired and join together at either their tip or their stem. Each leaf contains a sprig in reserve. The lines of leaves are offset so that form a lattice, the vertical lines of which are made by a red blossom with a white centre. The medallion formed by the lattice contains a red heart-shaped motif, outlined in green and encircled with white flowers, containing an arrangement of two pomegranates and a tulip in reserve.

Üslup Ottoman