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Hanging

Title	Hanging
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Carnation
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 191cm, Width: 137cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.90-1950
Record ID	T.90-1950
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; all were worked in soft colours often enriched with metal thread.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Cotton, embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads; made from three widths Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Hanging, incomplete, cotton embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over 5 threads. There are no borders. The field is decorated with a motif repeated in bands of three across each width: green stem curving lightly to the left with, from the bottom, a red flower and red leaf, a blue flower, a green leaf, a red leaf and, at the top, a blue flower. The flowers might be carnations. Made from three widths.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Hanging

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Carnation

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 191cm, Width: 137cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.90-1950

Record ID T.90-1950

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; all were worked in soft colours often enriched with metal thread.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Cotton, embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads; made from three widths Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Hanging, incomplete, cotton embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over 5 threads. There are no borders. The field is decorated with a motif repeated in bands of three across each width: green stem curving lightly to the left with, from the bottom, a red flower and red leaf, a blue flower, a green leaf, a red leaf and, at the top, a blue flower. The flowers might be carnations. Made from three widths.

Üslup Ottoman