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Napkin

Title	Napkin
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 118.5cm, Width: 45.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.523-1950
Record ID	T.523-1950
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	Linen, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, and with plate in slanted satin stitch and counted satin stitch blocks Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Towel/Napkin, linen embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and with plate in slanted satin stitch and counted satin stitch blocks. The narrow border of a black angular meander with lozenge shaped blossoms coloured in pairs red or purple extends around all four sides. The main border is a series of individual sprigs: a think black stem or trunk from which grow three pine cone shapes (in red and purple) and three light brown cross-shaped motifs.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Napkin

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 118.5cm, Width: 45.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.523-1950

Record ID T.523-1950

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 Linen, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, and with plate in slanted satin stitch and counted satin stitch blocks Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Towel/Napkin, linen embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and with plate in slanted satin stitch and counted satin stitch blocks. The narrow border of a black angular meander with lozenge shaped blossoms coloured in pairs red or purple extends around all four sides. The main border is a series of individual sprigs: a think black stem or trunk from which grow three pine cone shapes (in red and purple) and three light brown cross-shaped motifs.

Üslup Ottoman