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Towel

Title	Towel
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1830
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Buildings Mosque Trees Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 138.5cm, Width: 53cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.458-1950
Record ID	T.458-1950
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1830
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	Cotton, embroidered with silk in double darning, double running in a line and musabak, with metal thread in double darning, fishbone and slanted satin stitch, and with plate in fishbone and satin stitch; edging of needle lace along each end Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Lace Making
Fiziksel açıklama	Towel/Napkin, cotton embroidered with silk in double darning, double running in a line and musabak stitch, and metal thread in double darning, fishbone and slanted satin stitch and in plate in fishbone and satin stitch. There is an edging of needlelace along the ends. There is a narrow border along both ends in which small domed buildings are nestled between cypress trees. The main border is decorated with a series of two-storey domed buildings in blue and pink in front of which is a walled or hedged garden enclosing small pointed bushes, flowers,a small pavillion, palm tree and blossom tree.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Towel

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1830

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Buildings Mosque Trees Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 138.5cm, Width: 53cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.458-1950

Record ID T.458-1950

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1830

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 Cotton, embroidered with silk in double darning, double running in a line and musabak, with metal thread in double darning, fishbone and slanted satin stitch, and with plate in fishbone and satin stitch; edging of needle lace along each end Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Lace Making

Fiziksel açıklama Towel/Napkin, cotton embroidered with silk in double darning, double running in a line and musabak stitch, and metal thread in double darning, fishbone and slanted satin stitch and in plate in fishbone and satin stitch. There is an edging of needlelace along the ends. There is a narrow border along both ends in which small domed buildings are nestled between cypress trees. The main border is decorated with a series of two-storey domed buildings in blue and pink in front of which is a walled or hedged garden enclosing small pointed bushes, flowers,a small pavillion, palm tree and blossom tree.

Üslup Ottoman