Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1650
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 115cm
((takes into account reduction)), Width: 68cm, Length: 39.5cm
(of pattern repeat), Width: 31.5cm
(of pattern repeat)
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
91-1878
Record ID
91-1878
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1650
Notes
velvet, 1700-1729, Turkish
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk brocade cushion cover. Satin Foundation Structure, 4/1 satin. Warp: silk; yellow; 1 ply, slight S twist. Weft: cotton, light ivory. Satin and velvet warp order 3-1-3. Velvet structure, silk, green and red. Pile counts, warps 14, along weft 18. Binding weft threads: silk, skinny and sometimes less skinny ivory. Brocade structure: wholly brocaded?: whole 4/1 twill, count 9; 14; 21. Shots between pile 2. Metal and twist. S. Selvedges: dimensions 2.5 cm. 1 plain ivory selvedge; cotton foundation wefts are bound with silk warps - over 2, under 1, and is uniform. Brocade in some places, there are more or fewer brocade wefts used. In the lappets, there are fewer brocade wefts used - about 9 per cm; in the rose-bud forms in the lappets, there are more - about 20, or twice as many. This is something that could have been done by the weaver without any reference to the pattern harness. Silk (Textile) Cotton Metal Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
red and green silk brocade cushion cover with vertical and horizontal point repeat with 4 minimum pattern areas.
Üslup
Ottoman
