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Sash

Title	Sash
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 287cm, Width: 25cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.254-1922
Record ID	T.254-1922
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1700
Notes	Turkish people wore sashes round their waists. They tied them so that the decorative ends hung below knee level. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours were strong and embroiderers used greater quantities of metal thread. The designs were always inventive. The colours in some 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but they have faded to pleasing pastel shades.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with silk in double darning and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal, fishbone and satin stitch Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Sash, linen embroidered with silk in double darning and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal, fishbone and satin stitches. The edges around the border have been worked with Armenian edge stitch. There is a narrow border in the form of a double meander with one green silk stem and one metal thread stem linking flowerheads which are predominantly pink or blue. The deep border at either end of the sash consists of a spray of five pink blossoms: the central one is almost semi-circular with a green and gold centre; the four remaining ones, one in each corner, are very rounded and have small green spiky leaves protruding from them. In between the blossoms are sprays with small green or blue pointed leaves and pink spkiy flowers. One side has been cut and hemmed.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Sash

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 287cm, Width: 25cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.254-1922

Record ID T.254-1922

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1700

Notes Turkish people wore sashes round their waists. They tied them so that the decorative ends hung below knee level. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours were strong and embroiderers used greater quantities of metal thread. The designs were always inventive. The colours in some 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but they have faded to pleasing pastel shades.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with silk in double darning and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal, fishbone and satin stitch Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Sash, linen embroidered with silk in double darning and double running in a line, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal, fishbone and satin stitches. The edges around the border have been worked with Armenian edge stitch. There is a narrow border in the form of a double meander with one green silk stem and one metal thread stem linking flowerheads which are predominantly pink or blue. The deep border at either end of the sash consists of a spray of five pink blossoms: the central one is almost semi-circular with a green and gold centre; the four remaining ones, one in each corner, are very rounded and have small green spiky leaves protruding from them. In between the blossoms are sprays with small green or blue pointed leaves and pink spkiy flowers. One side has been cut and hemmed.

Üslup Ottoman