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Title	Cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Trees Bowls Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 163cm, Width: 48cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	679-1877
Record ID	679-1877
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.
İlişki	Clarke, Caspar Purdon
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and in musabak, and with metal thread in slanted satin stitch and satin filling in squares Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, cotton embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and musabak and with metal thread in slanted satin stitch and satin filling in squares. The narrow border edged in green extends along all four sides and above the main border. It contains flowerheads paired in colours, red/light red and pink/blue, separated by three diagonal green lines. The main border contains green cypress trees, each on a trinagular mound, alternating with a straight floral spray froma blue bowl. The flowers on the spray are either red/light red or pink/blue.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Trees Bowls Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 163cm, Width: 48cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 679-1877

Record ID 679-1877

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.

İlişki Clarke, Caspar Purdon

Malzemeler ve teknikler Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and in musabak, and with metal thread in slanted satin stitch and satin filling in squares Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, cotton embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and musabak and with metal thread in slanted satin stitch and satin filling in squares. The narrow border edged in green extends along all four sides and above the main border. It contains flowerheads paired in colours, red/light red and pink/blue, separated by three diagonal green lines. The main border contains green cypress trees, each on a trinagular mound, alternating with a straight floral spray froma blue bowl. The flowers on the spray are either red/light red or pink/blue.

Üslup Ottoman