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Woven silk
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Woven silk
- Place of origin:
Turkey (made)
- Date:
1500-1650 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Lampas silk with a satin ground and twill binding
- Museum number:
T.371-1989
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Piece of woven silk, gold lattice on red ground. The lattice contains a narrow red and gold diapered stem decorated with white and gold rosettes at regular intervals. The lattice is edged with blue and white leaf-like motifs. Each medallion contains a single floral sprig with three highly stylised blossoms. The silk is a lampas with a satin ground and twill binding. Warp in red silk and pink silk binding. Weft ground in yellow silk, with a pattern in blue, white, black and silver metal around a yellow silk core used in the same shed as a yellow silk weft.
Place of Origin
Turkey (made)
Date
1500-1650 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Lampas silk with a satin ground and twill binding
Dimensions
Length: 18.5 in, Length: 47 cm, Width: 11.5 in, Width: 29 cm
Object history note
Purchased. Registered File number 1989/1718.
Previously part of the Ikle Collection.
Descriptive line
Piece of lampas silk with a satin ground and twill binding, made in Turkey, 1500-1650
Materials
Silk (textile)
Techniques
Satin weave; Twill
Subjects depicted
Floral; Rosettes; Diaper; Medallion
Categories
Textiles
Collection code
T&F
