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Napkin

Title	Napkin
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Buildings Arches Cypress Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Original borders only length: 24.5cm, Width: 9cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.457-1950
Record ID	T.457-1950
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 darning and musabak stitch, with metal thread in a diagonal filling stitch, and with plate in satin stitch; borders have been cut, joined together and attached to new fabric Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Towel/Napkin Borders which have been cut, joined together and attached to new fabric. Linen embroidered with silk in double darning and musabak stitch, and metal thread in a diagonal filling stitch and with plate in satin stitch. There is a narrow border above the main one; it is a densely packed floral meander with a metal thread stem, small pink or blue flowers and small pointed leaves. The main border is decorated with a series of large arches supported by columns, all worked in metal thread. Within each arch are four small cypress trees between pairs of larger cypress trees; these are alternately dark or light green. Above the trees is a two-storey domed building, predominantly pink and silver, with silver palm-tree leaves around the roof. The embroidery has been cut and hemmed along both sides.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Napkin

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Buildings Arches Cypress Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Original borders only length: 24.5cm, Width: 9cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.457-1950

Record ID T.457-1950

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 darning and musabak stitch, with metal thread in a diagonal filling stitch, and with plate in satin stitch; borders have been cut, joined together and attached to new fabric Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Towel/Napkin Borders which have been cut, joined together and attached to new fabric. Linen embroidered with silk in double darning and musabak stitch, and metal thread in a diagonal filling stitch and with plate in satin stitch. There is a narrow border above the main one; it is a densely packed floral meander with a metal thread stem, small pink or blue flowers and small pointed leaves. The main border is decorated with a series of large arches supported by columns, all worked in metal thread. Within each arch are four small cypress trees between pairs of larger cypress trees; these are alternately dark or light green. Above the trees is a two-storey domed building, predominantly pink and silver, with silver palm-tree leaves around the roof. The embroidery has been cut and hemmed along both sides.

Üslup Ottoman