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Sampler

Sampler

  • Place of origin:

    Turkey (made)

  • Date:

    1800-1899 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, musabak and satin stitch filling in squares, and with metal thread in double running in a line, half cross stitch worked over a laid thread and satin stitch

  • Credit Line:

    Given by G. D. Hornblower, Esq.

  • Museum number:

    T.325-1921

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This sampler is the work of an experienced embroiderer who used it to record stitches, motifs and patterns for future reference.

Physical description

Sampler, linen embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, mushabak and satin stitch filling in squares, and with metal thread in double running in a line, half cross stitch worked over a laid thread and satin stitch.
The motifs are worked in many different directions and colours. In one corner is a group of three cypress tress with a building to their right which has two domes. In another corner is a narrow necked blue vase containing a single pink flower.

Place of Origin

Turkey (made)

Date

1800-1899 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Cotton, embroidered with silk in double running variations and combinations, musabak and satin stitch filling in squares, and with metal thread in double running in a line, half cross stitch worked over a laid thread and satin stitch

Dimensions

Length: 48.3 cm, Width: 26.7 cm

Descriptive line

Cotton sampler, embroidered with silk; Turkish; 19th century.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plate 152
Browne, Clare and Jennifer Wearden, eds. Samplers from the Victoria and Albert Museum. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 1851773096.

Materials

Cotton; Silk

Techniques

Embroidering

Subjects depicted

Buildings; Grapes; Stylized flowers; Vases; Cypress; Bowls

Categories

Textiles; Embroidery

Collection code

T&F

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