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Title	Cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1600
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 113cm, Width: 54cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	622-1890
Record ID	622-1890
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1600
Notes	Some pieces of Ottoman embroidery made between 1500 and the 1720s have survived. They are whole covers, or fragments of covers. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with small amounts of black and white.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Linen, embroidered with sillk in double running in steps and double running in diagonal lines Silk Thread Linen Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama	Part of a cover, linen embroidered with silk in double running in steps and in diagonal lines and double running in a line (outlines). The main motif in the crowded pattern which covers theground is formed by a paired of inward-curving stems joined at the bottom by a pair of red leaves. These stems enclose a pointed red blossom surrounded by white and then by blue petals and from wither side of each stem grow round red and white flowers alternating with more pointed red and blue flowers.
Üslup	Ottoman

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Cover

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1600

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 113cm, Width: 54cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 622-1890

Record ID 622-1890

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1600

Notes Some pieces of Ottoman embroidery made between 1500 and the 1720s have survived. They are whole covers, or fragments of covers. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with small amounts of black and white.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Linen, embroidered with sillk in double running in steps and double running in diagonal lines Silk Thread Linen Weaving Embroidering

Fiziksel açıklama Part of a cover, linen embroidered with silk in double running in steps and in diagonal lines and double running in a line (outlines). The main motif in the crowded pattern which covers theground is formed by a paired of inward-curving stems joined at the bottom by a pair of red leaves. These stems enclose a pointed red blossom surrounded by white and then by blue petals and from wither side of each stem grow round red and white flowers alternating with more pointed red and blue flowers.

Üslup Ottoman