Sash Border
1700-1799 (made)
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Sashes were worn around the waist and were tied so that the decorative ends hung at knee level. From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form: new, naturalistic floral motifs were introduced and many of them were depicted in great detail. Some were allowed to sway and sweep across the fabric, some were stylised and many were enriched with metal thread. The colours were originally very bright but have often faded to pleasing pastel shades.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen warp and silk weft, embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal, double running in a line and satin stitch |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1700-49, Turkish |
| Physical description | Sash border woven with a linen warp and silk weft forming bands, embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal, double running in a line and satin stitch. The embroidery is in the form of two almost square panels, side by side. Each begins at the bottom with a small curling stem which branches many times to fill the area available. These stems bear red and white flowers, white tulip-like flowers against green leaves and sprays of blue hyacinth. |
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| Summary | Sashes were worn around the waist and were tied so that the decorative ends hung at knee level. From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form: new, naturalistic floral motifs were introduced and many of them were depicted in great detail. Some were allowed to sway and sweep across the fabric, some were stylised and many were enriched with metal thread. The colours were originally very bright but have often faded to pleasing pastel shades. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plate 66 |
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| Accession number | 477-1877 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2001 |
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