Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1700
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Hyacinth Stylized Flowers
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1188 to B-1903
Record ID
1188 to B-1903
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1700
Notes
A bath wrap was a large cloth made from three widths of fabric. People who visited the hamman (public baths) would wrap them round their bodies when they rested after bathing. From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form. Designers introduced new, lifelike floral decorations, many of which were very detailed. They allowed some floral decorations to sway and sweep across the fabric. Some were stylised. All decorations were worked in soft colours often enriched with metal thread. The colours of many 18th century embroideries were originally very bright but they have faded to pleasing pastel shades.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Linen, embroidered with silk in double running in steps and double running variations (outlines and stems), and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal Linen Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Parçalar
Bath Wrap, Part, Bath Wrap, Part, Bath Wrap, Part
Fiziksel açıklama
Three panels from a Bath Wrap. Linen embroidered with silk in double running in steps and double running variations (outlines and stems) and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal. There is narrow border along the upper and lower ends worked in metal thread in a series of triangles. The deep border above consists of four offset bands each containing three ragged pink flowers alternating with a diagonal hyacinth spray. The direction of the flowers alternates by band. There are green leaves and small blue floral motifs edged with red at irregular intervals in the border.
Üslup
Ottoman
