Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Trees Stylized Flowers Arches
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 36cm, Width: 48.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
681-1877
Record ID
681-1877
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours of 18th and 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but many have faded to pleasing pastel shades; often great quantities of metal thread were used. Napkins were mainly used to clean fingers during meals, but were also used as decoration and as covers. Their designs were consistently inventive.
İlişki
Clarke, Caspar Purdon
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and in musabak, and with metal thread in slanted satin stitch Cotton Yarn Silk Thread Metal Thread Weaving Embroidering
Fiziksel açıklama
Towel/Napkin Border, cotton embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations and in musabak and with metal thread in slanted satin stitch. The colours are predominantly light shades of pink and blue. There are tall, stylized pointed trees between trilobed arches, each enclosing three pink flowerhead and topped by a blue one.
Üslup
Ottoman
