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Sash

1870s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sash of embroidered gauze. Embroidered border with repeating floral and leaf sprays springing from cornucopia. At each end is a wide border of small floral sprays and cornucopia, crescents and decorative inscriptions in Arabic. The embroidery is alike on both sides and consists of coloured silks and gold thread in satin stitch, and with fringes at each end and buttonholed along each side with gold silk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered gauze in coloured silks and gold thread
Brief description
Sash of embroidered gauze in coloured silks and gold thread, Turkey, 1870s
Physical description
Sash of embroidered gauze. Embroidered border with repeating floral and leaf sprays springing from cornucopia. At each end is a wide border of small floral sprays and cornucopia, crescents and decorative inscriptions in Arabic. The embroidery is alike on both sides and consists of coloured silks and gold thread in satin stitch, and with fringes at each end and buttonholed along each side with gold silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 99in
  • Width: 22in
Credit line
Given by HM Queen Mary
Collection
Accession number
T.237-1959

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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