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Title	Cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 92cm, Width: 100cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.733-1950
Record ID	T.733-1950
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1700
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	Silk satin, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing
Fiziksel açıklama	Cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines. The border, which runs around all four sides, consists of a blue leaf alternating with a white leaf. The ground is decorated in off-set bands of three, or three and part of a fourth, floral sprigs. A slightly curving stem bears three round white flowers and three long serrated blue leaves. there are small green leaves and smaller light brown flowers. Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 92cm, Width: 100cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.733-1950

Record ID T.733-1950

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1700

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 Silk satin, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering Sewing

Fiziksel açıklama Cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines. The border, which runs around all four sides, consists of a blue leaf alternating with a white leaf. The ground is decorated in off-set bands of three, or three and part of a fourth, floral sprigs. A slightly curving stem bears three round white flowers and three long serrated blue leaves. there are small green leaves and smaller light brown flowers. Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered.

Üslup Ottoman